Waffo Surname

149,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Waffo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waffo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2,8961:7,172892
France171:3,907,219231,005
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
England21:27,859,030389,889
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Waffo (21) may also be a first name.

Waffo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waffo is most common in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waffo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 149,751st most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,471,192 people. The surname Waffo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Waffo reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Waffo is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name Waffo is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,896 people, or 1 in 7,172. In Cameroon Waffo is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent live, Centre Region, where 32 percent live and West Region, where 31 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Waffo exists in 16 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Waffo Last Name Statistics demography

Waffo earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waffou911/
Waffod911/
Wafo898,714/
Baffo802,158/
Waffa801,142/
Waifo80223/
Wafou8021/
Woffo804/
Wuafo802/
Waefo802/
Weffo801/
Wafop801/
Wafod801/
Wafoi801/
Waafo801/
Waffeu73271/
Baffou73128/
Baffoy73114/
Waifoi7318/
Wouffo7318/
Wafuop733/
Woiffo732/
Waffaa732/
Waaffa731/
Wahfoo731/
Waffah731/
Wafa6747,439/
Bafo671,234/
Wefo6761/
Vafo6761/
Wofo6734/
Uafo672/

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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 Waffo
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