Fofana is used as a family name or surname in Mali. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fofana
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Mali
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fofana

How popular is Fofana?

Fofana is common in Mali.

Fofana is ranked 1121 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fofanas grew by 165.5882 per cent to 1806 since 2000 and ranked 16051 after elevating 15975 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 95.63 90.59
Others 1.77 6.76
White 1.38 1.03
Hispanic or Latino 1.11 0.74
Fofana is quite popular family name mostly used in Ivory Coast while Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 475138 people have been found who wears Fofana as their family name. Fofana is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
4,742 China9
656,580 India9
975 Madagascar5
2,443 Ethiopia4
2,279 Democratic Republic of The Congo4
661,536 Indonesia3
8,926 Cameroon3
2,550 Haiti3
856 Congo3
2,672 Mozambique3
12,161 Wales2
237 Central African Republic2
35,969 Denmark2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
706 Burundi2
6,103 Cyprus2
3,437 Sudan2
19,093 Finland2
19,046 Ireland2
178 Guinea-Bissau2
6,266 Luxembourg2
5,318 Iraq2
10,284 Kuwait2
20,186 Kenya2
13,552 Qatar2
14,521 Portugal2
24,766 Scotland2
16,640 Hong Kong1
20,172 Hungary1
29,046 Japan1
37,493 Austria1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,179 Swaziland1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,895 South Korea1
2,309 Monaco1
5,872 Namibia1
19,810 Croatia1
12,741 Ecuador1
880 Djibouti1
11,510 Oman1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
37,779 Serbia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
51,763 Australia37
3,338 Thailand27
23,443 Norway26
162,376 Ukraine20
12,810 Nigeria11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,704 Sweden73
172,092 Russia56
Countries with hundreds of Fofana:
1,819 Benin937
3,402 Ghana879
7,191 Egypt817
13,156 Germany773
10,269 Algeria625
10,393 England613
3,096 Tunisia561
508 Gabon402
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
38,007 Italy224
17,676 Canada206
30,064 South Africa183
10,151 Malaysia177
6,960 Switzerland171
16,425 Netherlands168
13,523 Belgium134
264 Cape Verde127
5,599 Lithuania113
Countries with thousands of Fofana:
43 The Gambia7,358
865 France6,735
137 Togo4,570
797 Angola2,601
1,944 Morocco2,551
3,167 Spain1,471
290 Mauritania1,390
961 Niger1,339
24,488 United States1,262
Countries with ten thousands of Fofana:
184 Burkina Faso13,883
51 Sierra Leone13,373
127 Senegal12,056
42 Liberia11,476
Countries with hundred thousands of Fofana:
17 Ivory Coast131,502
15 Guinea128,072
21 Mali127,666
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Fofana Namesakes

  • Abdoulaye Fofana, Politician
  • Abdoulaye Fofana, Actor
  • Aboubacar Fofana, French footballer
  • Adama Fofana, Soccer player
  • Alusine Fofanah, Soccer midfielder
  • Alusine Fofanah, Politician
  • Amadou Tidiane Fofana, Author
  • Bakari Fofana, Soccer player
  • Bakary Fofana, Boxer
  • Moryké Fofana, Soccer striker

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