Wanfon Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Wanfon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Wanfon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanfon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanfon is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanfon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Wanfon reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Wanfon is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wanfon
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