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

The surname Voufo occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Voufo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 259,194th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,803,920 people. Voufo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Voufo are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Voufo is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 10 people.

Voufo is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,502 people, or 1 in 13,828. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 38 percent live, Littoral Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 24 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Finland, where 0 percent live.

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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