Voufo Surname

259,194th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Voufo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voufo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,5021:13,8281,891
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Voufo (10) may also be a first name.

Voufo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Voufo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Voufo has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Voufo.

How Common Is The Last Name Voufo? popularity and diffusion

Voufo is the 259,194th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,803,920 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Voufo reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 10 people.

The last name Voufo is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,502 people, or 1 in 13,828. In Cameroon Voufo is most frequent in: West Region, where 38 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 31 percent are found and Centre Region, where 24 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Finland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vouffo91436/
Vouhfo911/
Voufou911/
Voufoi911/
Vouefo911/
Voudfo911/
Vofo8999/
Voupfoo831/
Voffo80127/
Woufo8054/
Boufo803/
Vuofo802/
Voofo801/
Veufo801/
Boufos7352/
Bouffo7319/
Wouffo7318/
Boufou7314/
Woufou732/
Boufous674,879/
Bufo671,263/
Bofo67153/
Vafo6761/
Wofo6734/
Boufoud679/
Uafo672/
Uofo671/
Vouphoo671/
Boudfou671/
Bouffos671/
Npoufou671/
Bousfot671/
Vofa671/
Wufo671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Voufo
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