Wofo Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wofo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wofo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon321:649,03348,340
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wofo (23) may also be a first name.

Wofo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wofo occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wofo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wofo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Wofo reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 23 people.

The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Wofo is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 31 percent reside and East Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woufo8954/
Wofoi896/
Woffo894/
Wofoh891/
Woifo891/
Wofou891/
Wofoa891/
Woyfo891/
Wofos891/
Wouffo8018/
Woiffo802/
Woufou802/
Woodfo801/
Woifoi801/
Wafo758,714/
Bofo75153/
Vofo7599/
Wefo7561/
Wofa7546/
Uofo751/
Woodfod730/
Waffo672,949/
Boffo671,811/
Voufo671,517/
Voffo67127/
Bofoy67116/
Bofoi6741/
Boofo6727/
Wafou6721/
Woifa6721/
Bofou6716/
Woodfood674/
Boufo673/
Waefo672/
Boifo672/
Vuofo672/
Wuafo672/
Woffa672/
Wafoi671/
Woufa671/
Waafo671/
Voofo671/
Woyfa671/
Weffo671/
Wosfa671/
Wofah671/
Woefa671/
Wafop671/
Wafod671/
Wefou671/

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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 Wofo
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