Wafum Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wafum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Wafum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wafum is found most in Indonesia. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wafum is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Wafum live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia Wafum is most frequent in: West Papua, where 86 percent are found and Papua, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafoum | 91 | 17 | / |
| Wafom | 80 | 642 | / |
| Bafum | 80 | 65 | / |
| Wafun | 80 | 30 | / |
| Wofum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wafune | 73 | 8 | / |
| Waifun | 73 | 3 | / |
| Wayfun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bafaum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wafund | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baffum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bafhoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baffoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafun | 60 | 38 | / |
| Wafon | 60 | 29 | / |
| Vafun | 60 | 1 | / |
| Waifoutin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bafoun | 55 | 8 | / |
| Waifon | 55 | 2 | / |
| Wahfon | 55 | 1 | / |
| Bahfun | 55 | 1 | / |
| Boffum | 55 | 1 | / |
| Baifun | 55 | 1 | / |
| Baffoun | 50 | 35 | / |
| Watphun | 50 | 5 | / |
| Waiphom | 50 | 4 | / |
| Bauphum | 50 | 1 | / |
| Waifoon | 50 | 1 | / |
| Baifoun | 50 | 1 | / |
| Uashfun | 50 | 1 | / |
| Weyfoun | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Wafum
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