1000 Most Common Surnames in Cameroon

Rank The surname's ranking is determined by its frequency of occurrence	Surname	Incidence The number of people who share the same surname	Frequency The ratio of people who share the same surname
1	Hamadou	210,228	1:99
2	Bouba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	154,936	1:134
3	Oumarou	150,643	1:138
4	Moussa Muslim: variant of Musa (Moses).	126,408	1:164
5	Mohamadou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	110,315	1:188
6	Mahamat	100,824	1:206
7	Adamou	87,533	1:237
8	Ngono	86,805	1:239
9	Kenfack	84,539	1:246
10	Ahmadou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	71,796	1:289
11	Sali	66,897	1:310
12	Kenne English: variant spelling of Ken.	65,528	1:317
13	Haman Respelling of German Hamann.	62,339	1:333
14	Hamidou	61,252	1:339
15	Aboubakar The meaning of this surname is not listed.	61,108	1:340
16	Abdoulaye	58,284	1:356
17	Yaya	56,351	1:369
18	Nana	55,653	1:373
19	Alhadji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	54,117	1:384
20	Issa Arabic (mainly Lebanon and Syria): from the personal name ?Isa, Arabic form of Hebrew Yeshua, Greek Iesous (see Jesus). This name is born by both Christian and Muslim Arabs. In Islam ?Isa is a prophet, ‘a messenger of Allah and his word’ (Qur’an 4:171). In the Qur’an 19:30, he proclaims, ‘He (Allah) has given me the Book and established me as a Prophet.’	51,652	1:402
21	Kamgaing The meaning of this surname is not listed.	50,926	1:408
22	Ousmanou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	50,356	1:412
23	Amadou	48,233	1:431
24	Kengne	48,024	1:432
25	Mengue	45,995	1:452
26	Abba	45,448	1:457
27	Ali Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world): from the Arabic personal name ?Ali ‘high’, ‘lofty’, ‘sublime’. Al-?Ali ‘the All-High’ is an attribute of Allah. Abdul-?Ali means ‘servant of the All-High’. ?Ali ibn Abi ?Talib (c. 600–661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, was the fourth and last of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 656–61) and the first imam of the Shiite Muslims. His assassination led to the appearance of the Shiite sect.	44,974	1:462
28	Nga	44,431	1:467
29	Abdou Muslim: variant of Abdo.	43,523	1:477
30	Ibrahima	43,284	1:480
31	Mamoudou	38,736	1:536
32	Saidou	38,293	1:542
33	Boukar The meaning of this surname is not listed.	38,273	1:543
34	Ngah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	38,124	1:545
35	Atangana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	38,056	1:546
36	Ibrahim Muslim: from the personal name Ibrahim, Arabic form of Abraham. In Islam, Ibrahim is identified as a prophet, the ancestor of all the Semitic peoples, both Hebrew and Arab, and the father of Isma?il (see Ismail) and Is?haq (see Ishak).	37,402	1:555
37	Harouna	37,086	1:560
38	Hassana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	36,913	1:563
39	Dongmo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	36,729	1:565
40	Manga	35,246	1:589
41	Youssoufa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	34,594	1:600
42	Onana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	34,557	1:601
43	Yaouba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	32,344	1:642
44	Ndongo	30,069	1:691
45	Che Chinese : from a word meaning ‘cart’. During the Han dynasty (206 bc–220 ad) there was a prime minister who became to old to walk very far unaided, so he had himself brought to and from work in a cart, and became known as ‘Prime Minister Cart’. His descendants adopted the character for cart as their surname. Chinese : variant of Xie 1. Vietnamese: unexplained. Korean: variant of Chae. Spanish: from a pet form of the personal name José.	30,064	1:691
46	Mana	29,556	1:703
47	Bello Adjective from the latin "bellus" - beautiful.Found in Galicia, Orense, and Leon. Names of villages near Oviedo and Teruel. Derived from latin "bellus" - beautiful, perfect.Galician name found throughout the Peninsula.	28,704	1:724
48	Aissatou	28,085	1:740
49	Mai Vietnamese: unexplained. Chinese : origin unknown, although ancient accounts record its use in Guangdong and Henan provinces from an early date. The character for Mai also means ‘wheat’. Dutch, Danish, German, and French: variant of May.	27,846	1:746
50	Ngong	27,015	1:769
51	Mvondo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	26,950	1:771
52	Ndi	26,626	1:780
53	Djibrilla	26,338	1:789
54	Zra The meaning of this surname is not listed.	26,001	1:799
55	Mballa	25,560	1:813
56	Mbah	25,526	1:814
57	Souleymanou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	25,249	1:823
58	Asta habitational name from a place in Sicily called Asta. perhaps also from a medieval byname, either a short form of Astancollo (from asta in collo ‘lance in neck’), or directly from asta ‘lance’.	25,163	1:825
59	Ze	25,104	1:827
60	Ngwa	24,794	1:838
61	Oumar	24,592	1:845
62	Baba Japanese: from a word meaning ‘horse-riding ground’, ‘race track’; a common place name. The surname is found mostly in west central Japan. One Baba family in Kai (now Yamanashi prefecture) were samurai, vassals of the Takeda family. Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Hungarian: from the Slavic word baba ‘old woman’, ‘grandmother’, ‘witch’, hence an unflattering nickname for a man thought to resemble an old woman. In Czech baba can also mean ‘coward’. Hungarian (Bába): habitational name from one of many places called Bába, in Abaúj, Borsod, Somogy, and Vas counties of Hungary, and Közép-Szolnok county, now in Romania. Arabic (Baba): from a diminutive of Abu ‘father’.	24,207	1:858
63	Fotso	23,882	1:870
64	Abakar	23,841	1:871
65	Madi	23,791	1:873
66	Abdoul	23,674	1:877
67	Amougou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	23,604	1:880
68	Simo	23,075	1:900
69	Ngo Vietnamese (Ngô): unexplained. Chinese : variant of Ao.	23,013	1:902
70	Mbarga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	22,821	1:910
71	Mal	22,729	1:914
72	Eyenga	22,696	1:915
73	Adoum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	22,669	1:916
74	Nfor	21,792	1:953
75	Essomba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	21,562	1:963
76	Ndjidda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	21,359	1:972
77	Kamdem	21,262	1:977
78	Hadja The meaning of this surname is not listed.	20,891	1:994
79	Agbor	20,789	1:999
80	Ngum	19,775	1:1,050
81	Biloa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	19,493	1:1,065
82	Fouda	19,325	1:1,075
83	Kum	19,204	1:1,081
84	Fadimatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	19,002	1:1,093
85	Talla The meaning of this surname is not listed.	18,966	1:1,095
86	Tchinda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	18,949	1:1,096
87	Njoya	18,938	1:1,097
88	Nanga	18,831	1:1,103
89	Souaibou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	18,672	1:1,112
90	Tata Italian: from the Germanic personal name Tata, Tada. Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi name, probably from Gujarati tat ‘father’ (Sanskrit tata). Albanian and Greek (Tatas): nickname from Albanian tatë ‘father’, ‘daddy’. Turkish and Greek: nickname for a stammerer, from Turkish and Arabic ta’ta’ ‘stammer’. Polish: nickname from Polish tata ‘papa’, ‘daddy’.	18,532	1:1,121
91	Bih The meaning of this surname is not listed.	18,521	1:1,121
92	Nsangou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	18,030	1:1,152
93	Djidda	17,953	1:1,157
94	Mba	17,835	1:1,165
95	Bakari	17,752	1:1,170
96	Mbida	17,586	1:1,181
97	Mvogo	17,336	1:1,198
98	Magne	17,245	1:1,204
99	Belinga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	17,218	1:1,206
100	Doudou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	17,101	1:1,214
101	Kamga	17,000	1:1,222
102	Nji	16,926	1:1,227
103	Ateba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,900	1:1,229
104	Daouda	16,766	1:1,239
105	Noah English, German, and Jewish (Sephardic and Israeli): from the Biblical personal name Noah (see Noe). English: probably a variant spelling of Noar, a topographic name derived from misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten ore ‘at the bank or steep slope’ (Old English ora).	16,756	1:1,240
106	Mefire The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,733	1:1,241
107	Ayissi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,413	1:1,265
108	Boubakary The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,367	1:1,269
109	Akono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,293	1:1,275
110	Donfack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,217	1:1,281
111	Owona The meaning of this surname is not listed.	16,137	1:1,287
112	Fanta Spanish and Italian: unexplained. Ethiopian: unexplained.	15,783	1:1,316
113	Abomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,741	1:1,319
114	Mbang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,669	1:1,325
115	Tsafack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,662	1:1,326
116	Enow	15,581	1:1,333
117	Boubakari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,450	1:1,344
118	Kameni	15,440	1:1,345
119	Bekono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,386	1:1,350
120	Etoundi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,214	1:1,365
121	Evina	15,179	1:1,368
122	Seini The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,167	1:1,369
123	Ntsama The meaning of this surname is not listed.	15,027	1:1,382
124	Ayuk	14,968	1:1,388
125	Jean French: from the personal name Jean, French form of John. English: variant of Jayne.	14,854	1:1,398
126	Abdouraman The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,796	1:1,404
127	Tagne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,615	1:1,421
128	Hassan Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic hassan ‘beautifier’. The poet Hassan bin Sabit was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Muslim: variant spelling of Hasan. Irish (County Derry): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓsáin ‘descendant of Ósán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of os ‘deer’.	14,556	1:1,427
129	Sadou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,543	1:1,428
130	Nouhou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,471	1:1,435
131	Ndzie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,411	1:1,441
132	Itoe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,247	1:1,458
133	Ndam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,239	1:1,459
134	Oussoumanou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,211	1:1,461
135	Neba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	14,084	1:1,475
136	Aliou	13,903	1:1,494
137	Mbong	13,469	1:1,542
138	Lukong The meaning of this surname is not listed.	13,389	1:1,551
139	Haoua The meaning of this surname is not listed.	13,357	1:1,555
140	Garga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	13,304	1:1,561
141	Messina Southern Italian: habitational name from the Sicilian city of this name. It was named Messana in the 5th century bc when it was captured by Anaxilaos of Rhegium; previously it had been known as Zancle. This is a very common surname in Sicily, especially in Palermo and Catania.	13,271	1:1,565
142	Ousman	13,267	1:1,565
143	Dairou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	13,160	1:1,578
144	Ada	13,133	1:1,581
145	Deli	13,111	1:1,584
146	Iya The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,996	1:1,598
147	Nzie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,988	1:1,599
148	Kom	12,957	1:1,603
149	Ondoua The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,954	1:1,603
150	Chia Chinese : see Jia. American Indian (Choctaw and other): unexplained. Spanish (Chía): generally a habitational name from Chía in Uesca province, but in some cases possibly a nickname from chía, denoting a kind of cape.	12,925	1:1,607
151	Ashu	12,756	1:1,628
152	Alim	12,685	1:1,637
153	Idrissa	12,676	1:1,638
154	Eloundou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,481	1:1,664
155	Ndzana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,478	1:1,664
156	Fon	12,352	1:1,681
157	Adam From the Biblical personal name Adam, which was borne, according to Genesis, by the first man. It is the generic Hebrew term for ‘man’, probably from Hebrew adama ‘earth’. Compare the classical Greek legend that Zeus fashioned the first human beings from earth. It was very popular as a personal name among non-Jews throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, and the surname is found in one form or another in most of the countries of Europe. Jews, however, have never used this personal name, except in recent times under Polish and English influence. Among Scottish and Irish bearers it is sometimes a reduced form of McAdam.	12,333	1:1,684
158	Tientcheu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	12,331	1:1,684
159	Mbala	12,245	1:1,696
160	Kana Czech (Kána): variant of Kan. Bulgarian (Kána): reduced form of Balkána, a regional name for a woman from the Balkans.	12,171	1:1,706
161	Essama	12,148	1:1,710
162	Nde	11,981	1:1,734
163	Nafissatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,947	1:1,738
164	Younoussa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,946	1:1,739
165	Nkolo	11,939	1:1,740
166	Messi	11,913	1:1,743
167	Akamba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,902	1:1,745
168	Alioum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,892	1:1,746
169	Ndong	11,780	1:1,763
170	Lum English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and West Yorkshire called Lumb, both apparently originally named with Old English lum(m) ‘pool’. The word is not independently attested, but appears also in Lomax and Lumley, and may be reflected in the dialect term lum denoting a well for collecting water in a mine. In some instances the name may be topographical for someone who lived by a pool, Middle English lum(m). English: variant of Lamb. Chinese : variant of Lin 1. Chinese : possibly a variant of Lan.	11,687	1:1,777
171	Mamadou	11,665	1:1,780
172	Aminatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,649	1:1,783
173	Wandji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,622	1:1,787
174	Mamma	11,592	1:1,792
175	Djoulde The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,568	1:1,795
176	Roukayatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,521	1:1,803
177	Shey The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,510	1:1,804
178	Garba	11,472	1:1,810
179	Nono	11,471	1:1,811
180	Ngoh	11,367	1:1,827
181	Malloum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,347	1:1,830
182	Tsague The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,176	1:1,858
183	Adama	11,132	1:1,866
184	Monkam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	11,055	1:1,879
185	Momo	10,902	1:1,905
186	Sakwe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,895	1:1,906
187	Eyong	10,853	1:1,914
188	Abanda	10,845	1:1,915
189	Awono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,667	1:1,947
190	Ngeh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,658	1:1,949
191	Fru	10,577	1:1,964
192	Zeh nickname for someone with deformed or otherwise remarkable toes, from Middle High German zehe, zehe ‘toe’, ‘claw’. The term also meant ‘tough’, and in some cases the surname may have arisen from this sense. variant of Zech 1.	10,569	1:1,965
193	Djibrine The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,541	1:1,970
194	Sanda	10,526	1:1,973
195	Emmanuel Variant spelling (mainly French and South Indian) of Emanuel, which was used in the Middle Ages by Christians as an alternative name for Christ. The name was also borne by a 3rd-century martyr. Among Christians in India it is used as a given name, and in the U.S. it has come to be used as a last name among families from southern India.	10,407	1:1,996
196	Mamat	10,400	1:1,997
197	Modou	10,386	1:2,000
198	Delphine The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,372	1:2,002
199	Wirba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,362	1:2,004
200	Mbia The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,314	1:2,014
201	Ngoe Ngoe is a northwestern Bantu name which means 'leopard'. The name derives from the legendary ancestor of several Bantu-speaking peoples of Cameroon, including the Oroko -Bareka people (Bakundu, Balondo, Balue, Ngolo, Bima, Batanga, Bakoko, Ekombe, Mbonge); the Bakossi-Bassossi, the Balong-Bafaw and other Mwanenguba peoples.	10,270	1:2,022
202	Mahama	10,247	1:2,027
203	Ambe	10,155	1:2,045
204	Soh Chinese : variant of Su 1. Korean: variant of So (see So).	10,148	1:2,047
205	Mbe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,093	1:2,058
206	Nke The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,049	1:2,067
207	Mendouga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	10,021	1:2,073
208	Ntolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,992	1:2,079
209	Souley A Norman name: Soule; a local name	9,930	1:2,092
210	Yougouda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,929	1:2,092
211	Tabi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,913	1:2,095
212	Tize The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,875	1:2,103
213	Balla Hungarian: from a short form of Ballabás, variant of the personal name Barnabás (see Barnaby). Italian: from balla, which in its earliest sense meant ‘dance’ but from the 14th century was used to denote ‘goods packed for transport’, ‘bale’, ‘bundle (of merchandise)’ and was hence probably a metonymic occupational name for a carrier.	9,866	1:2,105
214	Toumba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,805	1:2,118
215	Zang Chinese : from an area named Zang in the state of Lu, probably during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc). Descendants of the ruling clan of this area eventually adopted the place name Zang as their surname. South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith, from Middle High German zange ‘pliers’, German Zange.	9,782	1:2,123
216	Toukam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,772	1:2,125
217	Mbezele The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,766	1:2,127
218	Kuate The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,752	1:2,130
219	Nguele The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,727	1:2,135
220	Amina	9,698	1:2,142
221	Mbouombouo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,660	1:2,150
222	Nguefack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,647	1:2,153
223	Habiba	9,598	1:2,164
224	Olinga	9,579	1:2,168
225	Joseph English, German, French, and Jewish: from the personal name, Hebrew Yosef ‘may He (God) add (another son)’. In medieval Europe this name was borne frequently but not exclusively by Jews; the usual medieval English vernacular form is represented by Jessup. In the Book of Genesis, Joseph is the favorite son of Jacob, who is sold into slavery by his brothers but rises to become a leading minister in Egypt (Genesis 37–50). In the New Testament Joseph is the husband of the Virgin Mary, which accounts for the popularity of the given name among Christians.	9,560	1:2,172
226	Pierre from the French personal name Pierre (see Peter). from Old French pierre ‘stone’, ‘rock’ (Latin petra), a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of stony soil or by a large outcrop of rock, or a metonymic occupational name for a quarryman or stonemason.	9,560	1:2,172
227	Ngon	9,549	1:2,175
228	Vondou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,520	1:2,182
229	Acha	9,511	1:2,184
230	Awah	9,507	1:2,185
231	Chi The Romanization Chi represents at least thirteen different Chinese surnames and a Korean one. Chinese : this character means ‘pond’ and is found in names of lakes and areas surrounding lakes. As many Chinese surnames originated in place names (often containing the word ‘pond’), so the surname Chi developed naturally from the word for ‘pond’. Chinese : variant of Ji 1. Chinese : variant of Qi 1. Chinese : variant of Qi 2. Chinese : variant of Ji 2. Chinese : variant of Ji 3. Chinese : variant of Qi 3. Chinese : variant of Ji 4. Chinese : variant of Ji 5. Chinese : variant of Ji 6. Chinese : variant of Zhi. Chinese : variant of Ji 7. Chinese : variant of Ji 8. Korean: There are two Chinese characters for the Chi surname, borne by different groups. The smaller of the two groups has only one clan associated with it, the majority of whose members live in Kangw{ou}n and Ch’ungch’{ou}n North Provinces of South Korea and North Korea’s P’y{ou}ngan North Province. The other group also has but one clan but a much larger population. Unlike many clans in Korea, the larger Chi family did not remain congregated in and around its clan seat but dispersed fairly evenly around the peninsula.	9,506	1:2,185
232	Vandi	9,481	1:2,191
233	Fokou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,393	1:2,211
234	Ambassa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,361	1:2,219
235	Fotsing	9,357	1:2,220
236	Brahim Brahim or Ibrahim is the Arabic name of the prophet Abraham.	9,353	1:2,221
237	Onguene The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,334	1:2,225
238	Abeng The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,320	1:2,228
239	Meli patronymic or plural form of the personal name Melo, a short form of Carmelo or some other personal name ending in -melo. from a medieval Greek personal name, Melis, or an affectionate nickname from Sicilian meli ‘honey’.	9,313	1:2,230
240	Abou	9,305	1:2,232
241	Nkoa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,207	1:2,256
242	Ngassa	9,199	1:2,258
243	Kengni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,176	1:2,263
244	Kenmogne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,145	1:2,271
245	Bilounga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,062	1:2,292
246	Mohaman The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,050	1:2,295
247	Paul English, French, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Paul (Latin Paulus ‘small’), which has always been popular in Christendom. It was the name adopted by the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus after his conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus in about ad 34. He was a most energetic missionary to the Gentiles in the Roman Empire, and played a very significant role in establishing Christianity as a major world religion. The name was borne also by numerous other early saints. The American surname has absorbed cognates from other European languages, for example Greek Pavlis and its many derivatives. It is also occasionally borne by Jews; the reasons for this are not clear. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phóil ‘son of Paul’. Compare McFall. Catalan (Paül): habitational name from any of several places named Paül. Spanish: topographic name from paúl ‘marsh’, ‘lagoon’. Spanish: Castilianized form of Basque Padul, a habitational name from a town of this name in Araba province.	9,047	1:2,296
248	Didja The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,043	1:2,297
249	Fai	9,036	1:2,298
250	Bessala The meaning of this surname is not listed.	9,028	1:2,301
251	Assomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,997	1:2,308
252	Adamu	8,979	1:2,313
253	Nya	8,961	1:2,318
254	Omgba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,902	1:2,333
255	Salihou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,898	1:2,334
256	Sama Southern Italian (Samá): from the Biblical personal name. Catalan (Samà): habitational name from Samà, a place in Catalonia. Asturian-Leonese: in some cases, a habitational name from any of various places in Asturies named Sama. Indian (Gujarat): Hindu (Rajput) name of unknown meaning. The Samas are believed to be an offshoot of the Jadeja tribe. Japanese (not common in Japan): variously written, the name appears to be topographic, deriving from the word semai ‘narrow’.	8,875	1:2,340
257	Bah African: unexplained. Compare Ba. Slovenian: unexplained.	8,843	1:2,349
258	Medjo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,813	1:2,357
259	Housseini The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,744	1:2,375
260	Maffo	8,720	1:2,382
261	Malla	8,701	1:2,387
262	Abessolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,661	1:2,398
263	Ella	8,648	1:2,402
264	Mbele	8,639	1:2,404
265	Kouam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,558	1:2,427
266	Ngongang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,554	1:2,428
267	Ako	8,515	1:2,439
268	Tatah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,514	1:2,439
269	Owono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,496	1:2,445
270	Samba	8,496	1:2,445
271	Melingui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,482	1:2,449
272	Djuidje The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,471	1:2,452
273	Kuete The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,457	1:2,456
274	Njikam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,415	1:2,468
275	Fongang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,372	1:2,481
276	Enyegue	8,355	1:2,486
277	Kome	8,339	1:2,491
278	Ngounou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,329	1:2,494
279	Douanla The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,296	1:2,504
280	Saibou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,287	1:2,506
281	Inna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,245	1:2,519
282	Sale English: from Middle English sale ‘hall’, a topographic name for someone living at a hall or manor house, or a metonymic occupational name for someone employed at a hall or manor house. English: from Middle English salwe ‘sallow’ (a tree, a kind of willow), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a sallow tree, or a habitational name from for example Sale in Greater Manchester, named from the old dative form of this word, in atte sale. French (Salé): from Old French salé ‘salty’, hence a topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by or worked in a salt marsh, or, in a figurative sense, a nickname for an amusing or witty person.	8,220	1:2,527
283	Nnanga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,205	1:2,531
284	Kamgang	8,166	1:2,543
285	Bela The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,118	1:2,558
286	Menye The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,115	1:2,559
287	Gambo	8,113	1:2,560
288	Ngala	8,111	1:2,561
289	Tanyi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,102	1:2,563
290	Siddi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,020	1:2,590
291	Nnomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,001	1:2,596
292	Hammadou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	8,000	1:2,596
293	Dang Vietnamese ({D-}{aud}ng): unexplained. Chinese : The surname Dang comes from a branch of the ruling family of the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) that spread to the state of Jin and the state of Lu. The character now also means ‘political party’. German: from an old personal name Tanco, a cognate of modern German denken ‘to think’, Gedanke ‘thoughts’.	7,982	1:2,602
294	Zourmba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,962	1:2,609
295	Daniel English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian (Dániel), Romanian, and Jewish: from the Hebrew personal name Daniel ‘God is my judge’, borne by a major prophet in the Bible. The major factor influencing the popularity of the personal name (and hence the frequency of the surname) was undoubtedly the dramatic story in the Book of Daniel, recounting the prophet’s steadfast adherence to his religious faith in spite of pressure and persecution from the Mesopotamian kings in whose court he served: Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar (at whose feast Daniel interpreted the mysterious message of doom that appeared on the wall, being thrown to the lions for his pains). The name was also borne by a 2nd-century Christian martyr and by a 9th-century hermit, the legend of whose life was popular among Christians during the Middle Ages; these had a minor additional influence on the adoption of the Christian name. Among Orthodox Christians in Eastern Europe the name was also popular as being that of a 4th-century Persian martyr, who was venerated in the Orthodox Church. Irish: reduced form of McDaniel, which is actually a variant of McDonnell, from the Gaelic form of Irish Donal (equivalent to Scottish Donald), erroneously associated with the Biblical personal name Daniel. See also O’Donnell.	7,934	1:2,618
296	Ondoa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,913	1:2,625
297	Ojong	7,856	1:2,644
298	Ewane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,848	1:2,646
299	Teri	7,815	1:2,658
300	Moustapha	7,811	1:2,659
301	Suh Korean: variant of So (see So). North German: from Middle Low German su ‘sow’, either a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or an offensive nickname.	7,804	1:2,661
302	Mendomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,785	1:2,668
303	Oumate The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,766	1:2,674
304	Tambe	7,746	1:2,681
305	Idrissou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,735	1:2,685
306	Abang	7,731	1:2,686
307	Egbe	7,708	1:2,694
308	Saliou	7,704	1:2,696
309	Nyangono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,700	1:2,697
310	Ndo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,693	1:2,700
311	Hawa	7,672	1:2,707
312	Fuh	7,671	1:2,707
313	Zanga	7,643	1:2,717
314	Tonye The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,595	1:2,735
315	Abena	7,580	1:2,740
316	Mandou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,528	1:2,759
317	Kouvou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,519	1:2,762
318	Dada	7,500	1:2,769
319	Essono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,500	1:2,769
320	Mbeng The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,488	1:2,774
321	Anaba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,473	1:2,779
322	Besong	7,470	1:2,780
323	Nomo	7,455	1:2,786
324	Rougayatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,435	1:2,793
325	Babba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,428	1:2,796
326	Tsala The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,423	1:2,798
327	Bengono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,409	1:2,803
328	Oyono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,392	1:2,810
329	Djomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,365	1:2,820
330	Aminou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,364	1:2,820
331	Fosso	7,344	1:2,828
332	Warda Polish: descriptive nickname from Polish dialect warda ‘left-handed person’. This surname is also established in Germany.	7,337	1:2,831
333	Ousmaila The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,323	1:2,836
334	Zambo Hungarian (Zámbó): of uncertain origin, perhaps a derivative of the personal name Zombor.	7,313	1:2,840
335	Halidou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,307	1:2,842
336	Wamba	7,287	1:2,850
337	Dahirou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,279	1:2,853
338	Mouhamadou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,278	1:2,854
339	Odette Probably an altered spelling of French Odet, from a pet form of the personal name Odo (see Ott).	7,273	1:2,856
340	Mouliom The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,272	1:2,856
341	Mfout The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,271	1:2,856
342	Ndengue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,267	1:2,858
343	Bana	7,233	1:2,871
344	Tah This surname is generally used for people belonging to Ugra Kshatriya caste in India. In India they mostly live in the state of Uttar Pradesh. This title was generally given to higher chiefs and marshals who were very furious and angry in nature.	7,228	1:2,873
345	David Jewish, Welsh, Scottish, English, French, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak (Dávid) and Slovenian: from the Hebrew personal name David ‘beloved’, which has been perennially popular among Jews, in honor of the Biblical king of this name, the greatest of the early kings of Israel. His prominence, and the vivid narrative of his life contained in the First Book of Samuel, led to adoption of the name in various parts of Europe, notably Britain, among Christians in the Middle Ages. The popularity of this as a personal name was increased in Britain, firstly by virtue of its being the name of the patron saint of Wales (about whom very little is known: he was probably a 6th-century monk and bishop) and secondly because it was borne by two kings of Scotland (David I, reigning 1124–53, and David II, 1329–71). Its popularity in Russia is largely due to the fact that this was the ecclesiastical name adopted by St. Gleb (died 1015), one of two sons of Prince Vladimir of Kiev who were martyred for their Christian zeal.	7,218	1:2,877
346	Ngoungoure The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,217	1:2,878
347	Youmbi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,207	1:2,882
348	Nassourou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,197	1:2,886
349	Obama	7,167	1:2,898
350	Ndifon	7,152	1:2,904
351	Zoua The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,135	1:2,911
352	Ngwe	7,126	1:2,915
353	Fadi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,125	1:2,915
354	Tene	7,101	1:2,925
355	Eba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,074	1:2,936
356	Mukete	7,049	1:2,946
357	Andre French (André): from the personal name André, French vernacular form of Andreas, also found as a Huguenot name in England in the 17th and 18th centuries. German: shortened form of Andreae. Swedish: shortened form of Andree.	7,032	1:2,954
358	Nanfack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,030	1:2,954
359	Ndzi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	7,015	1:2,961
360	Mbassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,955	1:2,986
361	Tabe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,942	1:2,992
362	Obam	6,893	1:3,013
363	Fopa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,867	1:3,024
364	Kenmoe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,860	1:3,028
365	Mfouapon The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,839	1:3,037
366	Beyala The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,818	1:3,046
367	Nchang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,810	1:3,050
368	Ndoh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,781	1:3,063
369	Nformi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,776	1:3,065
370	Kudi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,765	1:3,070
371	Bache German and English: variant of Bach 1, 3. German, French (Alsace), and central European: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Bartholomaeus (see Bach 6, Bartholomew). Americanized spelling of Norwegian and Danish Bakke.	6,743	1:3,080
372	Nanje	6,689	1:3,105
373	Abbo	6,679	1:3,110
374	Ousseini The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,675	1:3,111
375	Mbakop	6,665	1:3,116
376	Achu	6,647	1:3,125
377	Mbazoa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,643	1:3,126
378	Mairama The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,637	1:3,129
379	Kamto	6,592	1:3,151
380	Bahane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,583	1:3,155
381	Arrey	6,582	1:3,155
382	Abega The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,554	1:3,169
383	Ndifor The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,554	1:3,169
384	Samuel English, Scottish, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Sámuel), Jewish, and South Indian: from the Biblical male personal name Samuel (Hebrew Shemuel ‘Name of God’). This name is also well established in South India. In North America this has absorbed other European cognates such as Greek Samouelidis. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.	6,513	1:3,189
385	Ihimbru The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,510	1:3,190
386	Lontsi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,497	1:3,197
387	Abe Japanese: variously written, with Chinese characters used phonetically. Listed in the Shinsen shojiroku, the Abe claim descent from Ohiko, first son of the mythical Emperor Kogen. There are several places in Japan named Abe, which means ‘sun festival’ in the Ainu language. Some Ainu connections may be assumed, but the name could also be purely habitational. It is found mostly in northeastern Japan, the island of Kyushu, and the Ryukyu Islands.	6,496	1:3,197
388	Andela	6,449	1:3,221
389	Njoh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,426	1:3,232
390	Tchoffo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,418	1:3,236
391	Ngam	6,413	1:3,239
392	Fokam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,382	1:3,254
393	Ngoran	6,372	1:3,259
394	Takam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,345	1:3,273
395	Siewe	6,338	1:3,277
396	Kodji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,323	1:3,285
397	Ngu Vietnamese: unexplained. Filipino: unexplained.	6,311	1:3,291
398	Edoa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,264	1:3,316
399	Ekani The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,262	1:3,317
400	Neh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,255	1:3,320
401	Hessana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,244	1:3,326
402	Ndoumbe	6,223	1:3,337
403	Sirri The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,208	1:3,346
404	Epie	6,204	1:3,348
405	Mani Indian (southern states): reduced form of Subramanian. Indian (Kerala): among Christians from Kerala, a pet form of Emmanuel. It is only a given name in Kerala, but in the U.S. used as a family name among people from Kerala.	6,185	1:3,358
406	Tankeu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,168	1:3,367
407	Ntyam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,164	1:3,369
408	Zangue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,138	1:3,384
409	Diddi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,095	1:3,408
410	Kongne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,063	1:3,426
411	Temgoua The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,038	1:3,440
412	Mbuh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,022	1:3,449
413	Shu Chinese : from this character used as part of a personal name. Gao Yao, a great-grandson of the legendary emperor Zhuan Xu, was a minister under the model emperors Yao and Shun in the 23rd century bc. He is famous for being the first to introduce laws for the repression of crime. A descendant of his had Shu as part of one of his names; this character was adopted by some later descendants as their surname. Chinese: see Xu.	6,020	1:3,450
414	Musa Muslim: from the Arabic personal name Musa (the Biblical Moses). The Qur’an says (19:51): ‘He was specially chosen, and he was a Messenger and a Prophet.’ Southern Italian: habitational name from a place called Musa, particularly the one in Melito di Porto Salvo in Reggio Calabria, and the one in Nissorìa in Enna province, Sicily.	6,017	1:3,452
415	Ango	6,014	1:3,453
416	Nkou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	6,014	1:3,453
417	Noubissi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,989	1:3,468
418	Tizi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,984	1:3,471
419	Gondji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,977	1:3,475
420	Zoa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,959	1:3,485
421	Ebong	5,954	1:3,488
422	Wafo	5,914	1:3,512
423	Megne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,891	1:3,526
424	Ndjock The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,882	1:3,531
425	Okala	5,880	1:3,532
426	Djoumessi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,878	1:3,533
427	Taku The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,837	1:3,558
428	Ngassam	5,835	1:3,559
429	Koagne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,823	1:3,567
430	Feudjio The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,794	1:3,585
431	Elangwe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,793	1:3,585
432	Sini The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,772	1:3,598
433	Tita	5,764	1:3,603
434	Embolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,722	1:3,630
435	Mbock The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,702	1:3,642
436	Massa Southern Italian: habitational name from any of various places called Massa, for example Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma, both in Naples province, or Masse d’Albe in Aquila, all named from medieval Latin massa ‘holding’, ‘estate’ (from Latin massa ‘mass’, ‘lump’, ‘pile’, Greek maza).	5,701	1:3,643
437	Mbo	5,686	1:3,653
438	Towo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,683	1:3,655
439	Oben	5,657	1:3,671
440	Salamatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,643	1:3,681
441	Ebai	5,637	1:3,684
442	Bissa	5,632	1:3,688
443	Chin English: variant spelling of Chinn. Chinese : variant of Jin 1. Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qian. Chinese : variant of Qin 1. Chinese : variant of Qin 2. Chinese : variant of Jin 2. Chinese : variant of Jin 3. Korean: there are four Chinese characters for the surname Chin, representing five clans. At least three of the clans have origins in China; most of them migrated to Korea during the Kory{ou} period (ad 918–1392).	5,620	1:3,696
444	Wassa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,618	1:3,697
445	Ebode The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,590	1:3,715
446	Mbi	5,576	1:3,725
447	Kari Finnish: topographic and ornamental name from kari ‘small island’, ‘stony rapids’, ‘sandbar’, or ‘rocky place in a field’. This name is found throughout Finland. German: from a Carinthian pet form of the personal name Zacharias. Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Károly, Hungarian form of Charles. Indian (Maharashtra): Hindu (Maratha) name of unknown meaning.	5,540	1:3,749
448	Njapndounke The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,521	1:3,762
449	Nlend The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,501	1:3,776
450	Mouafo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,493	1:3,781
451	Enama	5,487	1:3,785
452	Mbu	5,458	1:3,805
453	Ngang	5,423	1:3,830
454	Nkeng The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,421	1:3,831
455	Mekongo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,417	1:3,834
456	Atanga	5,416	1:3,835
457	Abdoullahi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,410	1:3,839
458	Eteme The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,404	1:3,843
459	Aboukar	5,395	1:3,850
460	Fonkou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,376	1:3,863
461	Goni	5,370	1:3,868
462	Mairamou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,363	1:3,873
463	Wirngo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,352	1:3,881
464	Ousmane	5,331	1:3,896
465	Gadji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,320	1:3,904
466	Mah Chinese and Korean: variant of Ma.	5,303	1:3,916
467	Abdoulahi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,281	1:3,933
468	Nna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,260	1:3,948
469	Njike The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,245	1:3,960
470	Bokwe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,240	1:3,964
471	Yong Americanized spelling of Dutch Jong. Chinese : from the name of the state of Yong, which was granted to the thirteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang (1231–1135 bc). The son also received the title Earl of Yong, and his descendants adopted Yong as their surname. Korean: there are two characters and two clans associated with the Yong surname; one is too rare to be treated here. The other claims its origins in prehistoric tribal Korea. In this early period, tribes would assume the names of animals. It is said that the Yong surname (which means ‘dragon’) came into being when the tiger tribe wished to avoid being named after a man-eating beast. The first recorded ancestor was an official in the court of the Koryo king Won-jong (1260–73).	5,234	1:3,968
472	Tchakounte	5,232	1:3,970
473	Martin English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Spanish (Martín), Italian (Venice), etc.: from a personal name (Latin Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’). This was borne by a famous 4th-century saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. As a North American surname, this form has absorbed many cognates from other European forms. English: habitational name from any of several places so called, principally in Hampshire, Lincolnshire, and Worcestershire, named in Old English as ‘settlement by a lake’ (from mere or mær ‘pool’, ‘lake’ + tun ‘settlement’) or as ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from (ge)mære ‘boundary’ + tun ‘settlement’). The place name has been charged from Marton under the influence of the personal name Martin.	5,227	1:3,973
474	Ambomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,216	1:3,982
475	Ottou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,195	1:3,998
476	Minko Polish and Ukrainian: probably a derivative of a reduced form of the personal name Dominik (Latin Domenicus).	5,189	1:4,003
477	Hamadjoda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,181	1:4,009
478	Lobe German (Löbe): variant of Loewe. German: metonymic occupational name for a tanner, from Middle High German lo ‘tanning bark’. Slovenian: unexplained.	5,173	1:4,015
479	Demanou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,170	1:4,017
480	Meka Indian (Andhra Pradesh): Hindu name from Telugu meka ‘goat’.	5,158	1:4,027
481	Alh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,153	1:4,030
482	Pokam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,152	1:4,031
483	Foe Possibly an altered spelling of Faux.	5,149	1:4,034
484	Maimouna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,137	1:4,043
485	Ondobo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,120	1:4,056
486	Tsimi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,114	1:4,061
487	Bilkissou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,110	1:4,064
488	Ebogo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,094	1:4,077
489	Djamila The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,092	1:4,079
490	Ngue	5,079	1:4,089
491	Fogang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,071	1:4,096
492	Ramat The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,058	1:4,106
493	Wirnkar The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,043	1:4,118
494	Elong	5,040	1:4,121
495	Nkwain The meaning of this surname is not listed.	5,028	1:4,131
496	Mofor	5,016	1:4,141
497	Nama	5,007	1:4,148
498	Dawai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,977	1:4,173
499	Balkissou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,960	1:4,187
500	Albert English, French, North German, Danish, Catalan, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, etc.: from the personal name Albert, composed of the Germanic elements adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. The standard German form is Albrecht. This, in its various forms, was one of the most popular of all European male personal names in the Middle Ages. It was borne by various churchmen, notably St. Albert of Prague, a Bohemian prince who died a martyr in 997 attempting to convert the Prussians to Christianity; also St. Albert the Great (?1193–1280), an Aristotelian theologian and tutor of Thomas Aquinas. It was also the name of princes and military leaders, such as Albert the Bear (1100–70), Margrave of Brandenburg. In more recent times it has been adopted as a Jewish family name.	4,958	1:4,189

Rank The surname's ranking is determined by its frequency of occurrence	Surname	Incidence The number of people who share the same surname	Frequency The ratio of people who share the same surname
1	Bella	4,953	1:4,193
2	Meh	4,950	1:4,196
3	Doko	4,946	1:4,199
4	Foka	4,943	1:4,202
5	Sawalda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,928	1:4,215
6	Ebene The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,927	1:4,215
7	Mounchili The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,925	1:4,217
8	Belibi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,922	1:4,220
9	Akoa	4,919	1:4,222
10	Oumoul The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,898	1:4,240
11	Kombo	4,895	1:4,243
12	Bakary	4,881	1:4,255
13	Tsanga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,868	1:4,266
14	Bayiha The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,864	1:4,270
15	Sah	4,847	1:4,285
16	Bode	4,834	1:4,296
17	Tsogo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,823	1:4,306
18	Aba	4,817	1:4,312
19	Kimbi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,809	1:4,319
20	Zobo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,794	1:4,332
21	Yuh	4,788	1:4,338
22	Dadda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,761	1:4,362
23	Akum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,757	1:4,366
24	Tanga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,729	1:4,392
25	Deffo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,728	1:4,393
26	Abada	4,727	1:4,394
27	Made	4,727	1:4,394
28	Mafo Mafo is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: leaves.	4,722	1:4,398
29	Maliki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,717	1:4,403
30	Bell Scottish and northern English: from Middle English belle ‘bell’, in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town’s bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English). Scottish and northern English: from the medieval personal name Bel. As a man’s name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isobel, a form of Elizabeth. Scottish: Americanized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhaoil ‘son of the servant of the devotee’ (see Mullen 1). Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway named Bell, the origin of which is unexplained. Scandinavian: of English or German origin; in German as a habitational name for someone from Bell in Rhineland, Germany, or possibly from Belle in Westphalia. Americanized spelling of German Böhl or Böll (see Boehle, Boll).	4,696	1:4,423
31	Toh Chinese : Cantonese variant of Du 1. Chinese : Cantonese variant of Tao. Chinese : Cantonese variant of Tu 2. Chinese : Cantonese variant of Tu 3. Chinese : variant of Chu 2. Korean: variant of To.	4,687	1:4,431
32	Hamza	4,686	1:4,432
33	Ngoutane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,670	1:4,447
34	Nang	4,661	1:4,456
35	Victorine French: variant of Victorien (see Victorian).	4,646	1:4,470
36	Sambo	4,645	1:4,471
37	Mendo	4,636	1:4,480
38	Yadji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,634	1:4,482
39	Lema Spanish (mainly Galicia): habitational name from Lema in A Coruña province.	4,613	1:4,502
40	Konai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,593	1:4,522
41	Dassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,589	1:4,526
42	Penda	4,589	1:4,526
43	Tsamo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,571	1:4,544
44	Wirsiy The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,571	1:4,544
45	Zebaze The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,569	1:4,546
46	Njang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,566	1:4,549
47	Muluh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,562	1:4,553
48	Ganava The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,560	1:4,555
49	Ndanga Ndanga is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: someone who entertains the masses.	4,554	1:4,561
50	Ebot	4,532	1:4,583
51	Sen Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Baidya, Kayasth) name, from Sanskrit sena ‘army’, ‘armament’. It occurs frequently in Sanskrit literature as the final element of compound names.	4,529	1:4,586
52	Beng	4,527	1:4,588
53	Akwo	4,519	1:4,596
54	Robert English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrod ‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This is found occasionally in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into England by the Normans and quickly became popular among all classes of society. The surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.	4,509	1:4,606
55	Obono	4,499	1:4,616
56	Missa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,492	1:4,624
57	Mboh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,487	1:4,629
58	Ngameni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,483	1:4,633
59	Ngoufack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,482	1:4,634
60	Tongou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,475	1:4,641
61	Didi	4,467	1:4,649
62	Etoa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,462	1:4,655
63	Abdouramane	4,458	1:4,659
64	Bekolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,456	1:4,661
65	Njong The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,455	1:4,662
66	Sonfack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,442	1:4,676
67	Bayang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,433	1:4,685
68	Barka The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,418	1:4,701
69	Tang	4,417	1:4,702
70	Dama The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,416	1:4,703
71	Signe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,405	1:4,715
72	Tiku	4,403	1:4,717
73	Tchana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,399	1:4,721
74	Ayang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,398	1:4,722
75	Essengue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,389	1:4,732
76	Simon English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Simón), Czech and Slovak (Šimon), Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name, Hebrew Shim‘on, which is probably derived from the verb sham‘a ‘to hearken’. In the Vulgate and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament, this is usually rendered Simeon. In the Greek New Testament, however, the name occurs as Simon, as a result of assimilation to the pre-existing Greek byname Simon (from simos ‘snub-nosed’). Both Simon and Simeon were in use as personal names in western Europe from the Middle Ages onward. In Christendom the former was always more popular, at least in part because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain there was also confusion from an early date with Anglo-Scandinavian forms of Sigmund (see Siegmund), a name whose popularity was reinforced at the Conquest by the Norman form Simund.	4,374	1:4,748
77	Hadidja The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,366	1:4,757
78	Nah	4,358	1:4,766
79	Messomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,357	1:4,767
80	Noubissie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,354	1:4,770
81	Abah	4,328	1:4,799
82	Biwole The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,314	1:4,814
83	Ndah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,280	1:4,853
84	Afana	4,276	1:4,857
85	Blama The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,272	1:4,862
86	Zogo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,270	1:4,864
87	Mvodo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,254	1:4,882
88	Effa	4,250	1:4,887
89	Mimche The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,250	1:4,887
90	Assana	4,231	1:4,909
91	Ndeh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,220	1:4,922
92	Etongwe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,212	1:4,931
93	Eyinga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,190	1:4,957
94	Happi	4,189	1:4,958
95	Koda Japanese (Koda): ‘rice paddy of happiness’; also pronounced Sakita and Yukita, found mostly in western Japan.	4,176	1:4,973
96	Andong	4,175	1:4,975
97	Tao	4,170	1:4,981
98	Ful The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,158	1:4,995
99	Ngwang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,156	1:4,997
100	Hapsatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,153	1:5,001
101	Mbeh	4,153	1:5,001
102	Kouotou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,149	1:5,006
103	Mbella The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,145	1:5,011
104	Molo	4,143	1:5,013
105	Cho Korean: there are two Chinese characters for the surname Cho. Some records indicate a total of 210 different clans which use the more common Cho character, but only fifteen can be documented with confidence. Each of these claims a different founding ancestor. Most of them trace their origins to the beginning of the Kory{ou} kingdom (early 10th century). Only one clan, the Ch’angny{ou}ng Cho, uses the other Chinese character. The founder of this clan’s name was Cho Kye-ryong. According to legend, there was a certain scholar named Yi Kwang-ok, whose daughter very much wanted to marry. A monk visited her and told her to go to Hwawang Mountain to pray at the dragon pond. The maiden did so, and upon her return found herself to be pregnant. In a dream, a young man with a crown and a jade belt appeared to her. A few months later, in the 48th year of the reign of the Shilla King Chinp’y{ou}ng (ad 626), she gave birth to a little boy under whose arm the Chinese character for Cho appeared in red. The king, understanding the boy to be special, named him Cho Kyeryong and married him to his daughter, the princess. So began the Ch’angny{ou}ng Cho clan. Chinese : Min variant of Cao. Chinese : variant of Zhuo.	4,137	1:5,020
106	Nkodo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,134	1:5,024
107	Nkongho The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,120	1:5,041
108	Essola The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,111	1:5,052
109	Mboe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,104	1:5,061
110	Mfegue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,102	1:5,063
111	Tala The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,098	1:5,068
112	Kang Chinese : from the name of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who was granted the state of Wei (see Wei 3) soon after the founding of the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc. Many of his descendants later adopted Kang as their surname. Another source of the name comes from the Kang Ju tribe, who moved into China from central Asia during the Han dynasty (206 bc–220 ad), and adopted their tribal name, Kang, as their surname. Chinese : variant of Geng 2. Korean: there are five Chinese characters for the surname Kang. Some records indicate that there are as many as one hundred separate Kang clans, but only four have actually been documented. There is one Chinese character for each clan. The fifth character is an alternate character for the smallest of the Kang clans, and is the result of a scribal error which was introduced in 1908. That segment of the smaller Kang clan which was labeled with the alternate character still uses it and recognizes it as the character for their surname. The largest clan, the Kang family of Chinju, first appears in the historical record in ad 597. Many members of the largest Kang clan still live in the area of Chinju of Kyongsang Province. The second Kang clan is centered on Cheju Island. The two smaller Kang clans have only a few households in all of Korea.	4,090	1:5,078
113	Ngando	4,086	1:5,083
114	Aoudou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,056	1:5,121
115	Mokube The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,053	1:5,124
116	Nchinda	4,050	1:5,128
117	Bakam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,047	1:5,132
118	Todou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,044	1:5,136
119	Ndeme The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,040	1:5,141
120	Kah	4,037	1:5,145
121	Manfouo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,037	1:5,145
122	Mbongo	4,019	1:5,168
123	Ngoune The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,013	1:5,175
124	Tchatchouang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,004	1:5,187
125	Assen The meaning of this surname is not listed.	4,002	1:5,190
126	Edimo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,998	1:5,195
127	Elanga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,998	1:5,195
128	Tamo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,991	1:5,204
129	Tsoungui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,988	1:5,208
130	Namondo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,986	1:5,211
131	Djara The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,984	1:5,213
132	Assako The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,983	1:5,214
133	Manyi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,983	1:5,214
134	Wabo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,983	1:5,214
135	Bobbo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,975	1:5,225
136	Adda	3,968	1:5,234
137	Emma Italian (Sicily): apparently from the female personal name Emma (see Emm).	3,954	1:5,253
138	Edima The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,952	1:5,255
139	Djoko The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,946	1:5,263
140	Atem	3,945	1:5,265
141	Ntonga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,938	1:5,274
142	Etong The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,934	1:5,279
143	Nsom The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,927	1:5,289
144	Djanabou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,924	1:5,293
145	Tchamba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,923	1:5,294
146	Matakon The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,918	1:5,301
147	Bebbe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,889	1:5,340
148	Saha Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Baishya) name meaning ‘merchant’, from Sanskrit sadhu ‘honest’, ‘good’.	3,888	1:5,342
149	Diffo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,887	1:5,343
150	Fomekong The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,884	1:5,347
151	Abouna	3,875	1:5,360
152	Ateh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,875	1:5,360
153	Tume	3,863	1:5,376
154	Kamwa	3,860	1:5,381
155	Kenmegne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,859	1:5,382
156	Samira In Arabic, Samir (male surname) and Samira (female surname) designate the person with whom you can have pleasant conversations. In Sanskrit, Samir and Samira means a 'cool breeze', a 'gentle wind' and even 'fragrant morning breeze'.	3,853	1:5,390
157	Nyamsi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,851	1:5,393
158	Bikie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,845	1:5,402
159	Chu This form represents at least ten different Chinese family names, as well as a Korean one. Chinese : variant of Zhu 1. Chinese : from the name of an adminstrative position during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). At this time, many dukes of the Zhou dynasty, including the duke of the state of Song, established a high administrative position which may be roughly translated as ‘Chu master’. The descendants of a Song Chu master took this title as their surname. Additionally, there was an area named Chu during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) which lent its name to the people who lived there. Chinese : variant of Zhu 2. Chinese : variant of Qu 1. Chinese : from the name of the state of Chu, one of the most powerful states of the Warring States period (403–221 bc), adopted as a surname by its ruling class. Chinese : variant of Ju. Chinese : variant of Qu 2. Chinese : variant of Qu 3. Chinese : variant of Zhu 3. Chinese : variant of Zhu 4. Korean: there are two Chinese characters for the Chu surname in use in Korea. One character has only one clan associated with it (the Shinan Chu clan), and while some records indicate that the other has as many as 25, only four can be documented; all of these descended from a common ancestor, Chu Hwang, who was naturalized in 907. The Shinan Chu clan is descended from a man named Chu Cham, a direct descendant of the Chinese philosopher Chu-tze. Chu Cham migrated from China to Korea some time in the early 13th century. Chu is a fairly common surname and is found throughout the peninsula.	3,828	1:5,426
160	Nyemb The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,827	1:5,427
161	Manjia The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,816	1:5,443
162	Njie	3,804	1:5,460
163	Bodo Hungarian (Bodó): from the old secular name Bodó, a derivative of the personal name Bod. Polish: perhaps from a pet form of the Old Slavic personal name Ostrobod, composed of the elements ostro ‘sharp’ + bod, from bode ‘to stab’, ‘prick’. Respelling of French Baudot, from a personal name derived from the Germanic root bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’.	3,797	1:5,470
164	Mandeng The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,788	1:5,483
165	Nyobe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,788	1:5,483
166	Bilong The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,782	1:5,492
167	Ndip	3,778	1:5,497
168	Magni Italian: patronymic or plural form of Magno.	3,772	1:5,506
169	Asse	3,768	1:5,512
170	Bong Swedish: originally a soldier’s name, from bång ‘noise’. Belgian: unexplained. Malaysian or Indonesian: unexplained.	3,764	1:5,518
171	Zibi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,762	1:5,521
172	Mambo	3,756	1:5,530
173	Angeline Dutch: from a pet form of the Latin Christian name Angelus (see Angelo). Possibly in some cases an altered form of Italian Angelini.	3,739	1:5,555
174	Koulagna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,726	1:5,574
175	Toukour The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,722	1:5,580
176	Ndzengue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,717	1:5,588
177	Tiwa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,714	1:5,592
178	Hama	3,706	1:5,604
179	Song Korean: there are two Chinese characters for this surname, covering sixteen clans. The smaller clan is the only clan to use one of the two Chinese characters, and it has only one or two households. The remaining clans all descend from a common ancestor, Song Chu-un, who seems to have migrated from Tang China to Korea sometime during the Shilla period. Sixty percent of the Songs live in southern Korea. Korean (Song): there are two Chinese characters for the surname Song, but one of them is registered for just a single household. Only the common Song clan, the Ch’angnyong clan, is treated here. This was founded by Song In-bo just prior to the establishment of the Koryo kingdom in 918. According to legend, Song In-bo died in Seoul. His son set out to transport his father’s body back to Ch’angnyong, but, the weather being poor, he decided to stop for the night and finish the journey in the morning. When he awoke, he discovered that his father’s body was missing. Upon investigation, he found that a tiger had dragged the body to a secluded grave site in the mountains near Ch’angnyong. It was there that the son buried his father and established his home. Many of the members of the Song clan today live in the Ch’angnyong area of Kyongsang province. Chinese : from a place name, the state of Song. After the Zhou overthrew the corrupt king of the Shang dynasty, Zhou Xin, in 1122 bc, the new Zhou dynasty granted the state of Song to the overthrown king’s half-brother, Wei Ziqi. His descendants eventually adopted the place name Song as their surname. This name was that of the Song dynasty, (960–1279), and in more recent times was borne by the powerful Soong siblings: T.V. Soong, once one of the richest men in the world; Soong Ch’ing-ling, wife of Sun Yat-Sen; and Soong Mei-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek.	3,701	1:5,612
180	Ongono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,696	1:5,619
181	Halima	3,693	1:5,624
182	Mbango Mbango is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: one whose duty it is to store the maize.	3,691	1:5,627
183	Eyebe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,689	1:5,630
184	Fifen The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,688	1:5,632
185	Obi Japanese: written with characters meaning ‘small tail’, the name could possibly mean ‘sash’ as well. It is not common in Japan, and could be habitational, from a castle in Hyuga (now Miyazaki prefecture), though the castle’s name was written with different characters.	3,686	1:5,635
186	Tchatchoua	3,677	1:5,648
187	Mongo	3,671	1:5,658
188	Doh	3,658	1:5,678
189	Ngbwa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,655	1:5,682
190	Ngoa	3,655	1:5,682
191	Isseini The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,654	1:5,684
192	Kamdoum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,654	1:5,684
193	Ndum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,654	1:5,684
194	Bebe	3,648	1:5,693
195	Koa	3,635	1:5,714
196	Achuo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,633	1:5,717
197	Bomba Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, and Slovak: from bomba ‘bomb’, (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.	3,623	1:5,733
198	Bobo	3,614	1:5,747
199	Ahanda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,604	1:5,763
200	Etta	3,603	1:5,764
201	Nguemo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,600	1:5,769
202	Hayatou	3,599	1:5,771
203	Mohamed Muslim: variant of Muhammad. See also Mohammed.	3,594	1:5,779
204	Sone Japanese: written with characters meaning ‘former’ or ‘ancestor’ and ‘root’. This name is found mostly in eastern Japan and in the Ryukyu Islands. One family were samurai of Suo province (now part of Yamaguchi prefecture). Variant of English Son or Jewish Sohn or Sonne.	3,590	1:5,785
205	Penn English: habitational name from various places, for example Penn in Buckinghamshire and Staffordshire, named with the Celtic element pen ‘hill’, which was apparently adopted in Old English. English: metonymic occupational name for an impounder of stray animals, from Middle English, Old English penn ‘(sheep) pen’. English: pet form of Parnell. German: from Sorbian pien ‘tree stump’, probably a nickname for a short stocky person. Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.	3,584	1:5,795
206	Ebah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,577	1:5,806
207	Nenne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,568	1:5,821
208	Ndjana The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,566	1:5,824
209	Kingue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,562	1:5,831
210	Nafissa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,558	1:5,837
211	Halimatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,549	1:5,852
212	Monthe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,546	1:5,857
213	Kouna The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,543	1:5,862
214	Nkoulou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,532	1:5,880
215	Nyah The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,531	1:5,882
216	Koi	3,524	1:5,894
217	Nyam	3,516	1:5,907
218	Kamba	3,509	1:5,919
219	Defo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,499	1:5,936
220	Sadjo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,497	1:5,939
221	Abia	3,496	1:5,941
222	Buba	3,495	1:5,943
223	Saleh Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ?sali?h ‘pious’, ‘righteous’, ‘virtuous’ (see the Qur’an 26: 83). Saleh is the name of a messenger of Allah (see the Qur’an 7:75). This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world.	3,494	1:5,944
224	Anye	3,487	1:5,956
225	Ntang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,483	1:5,963
226	Ismaila	3,482	1:5,965
227	Nembot The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,482	1:5,965
228	Manka nickname for a left-handed person, from manka ‘left-hander’. from a pet form of the personal name Emanuel (see Emanuel).	3,476	1:5,975
229	Yanoussa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,474	1:5,978
230	Bisso Italian: metonymic occupational name for a weaver or dealer in linen, from bisso ‘linen’ (from Latin byssus). Possibly an altered spelling of French Bissot.	3,469	1:5,987
231	Kanyimi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,461	1:6,001
232	Mayo English and Irish: variant of Mayhew. Variant of French Mailhot.	3,461	1:6,001
233	Bilo'o	3,449	1:6,022
234	Tcheutchoua The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,436	1:6,045
235	Abdoulkarim The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,431	1:6,053
236	Djamilatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,431	1:6,053
237	Liman	3,418	1:6,076
238	Bidias The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,412	1:6,087
239	Tantoh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,407	1:6,096
240	Bidzogo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,405	1:6,100
241	Foko The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,401	1:6,107
242	Djouka The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,393	1:6,121
243	Massai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,393	1:6,121
244	Mbole The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,391	1:6,125
245	Gilbert English (of Norman origin), French, and North German: from Giselbert, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements gisil ‘pledge’, ‘hostage’, ‘noble youth’ (see Giesel) + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages, partly as a result of the fame of St. Gilbert of Sempringham (1085–1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.	3,383	1:6,139
246	Meyong The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,382	1:6,141
247	Nche	3,375	1:6,154
248	Mokam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,366	1:6,170
249	Abali The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,364	1:6,174
250	Yemeli The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,361	1:6,179
251	Tamba	3,355	1:6,190
252	Eveline	3,345	1:6,209
253	Lele	3,345	1:6,209
254	Gabriel English, Scottish, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish: from the Hebrew personal name Gavriel ‘God has given me strength’. This was borne by an archangel in the Bible (Daniel 8:16 and 9:21), who in the New Testament announced the impending birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38). It has been a comparatively popular personal name in all parts of Europe, among both Christians and Jews, during the Middle Ages and since. Compare Michael and Raphael. It was the name of a famous patriarch and archbishop of Serbia (died 1659). In Russia it was the official Christian name of St. Vsevolod (died 1138). In the U.S. this name has absorbed cognate names from other European languages, for example the Greek patronymics Gabrielis, Gabrielatos, Gabrielidis, Gabrielakos, Gabrieloglou.	3,335	1:6,228
255	Ngansop	3,335	1:6,228
256	Nkoumou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,330	1:6,237
257	Nkwenti	3,327	1:6,243
258	Tchideme The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,325	1:6,246
259	Fonyuy	3,320	1:6,256
260	Konga	3,316	1:6,263
261	Beatrice Italian and French (Béatrice): from a medieval female personal name borne in honor of a 4th-century saint, martyred together with her brothers Simplicius and Faustinus. Her name was originally Viatrix meaning ‘traveler’ (a feminine form of viator, from via ‘way’), a name adopted by early Christians in reference to the journey through life, and Christ’s description of himself as ‘the way, the life, and the truth’; it was later altered as a result of folk etymological association with Latin beatus ‘blessed’.	3,311	1:6,273
262	Ondo Basque: topographic name from Basque ondo ‘deep valley’, ‘ravine’, ‘gully’. Hungarian (Ondó): from a pet form of the old secular personal name Ond.	3,305	1:6,284
263	Tchikoua The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,304	1:6,286
264	Njiki The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,302	1:6,290
265	Aladji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,299	1:6,296
266	Ebanda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,299	1:6,296
267	Abo	3,298	1:6,297
268	Ndomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,296	1:6,301
269	Ndedi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,291	1:6,311
270	Pemboura The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,289	1:6,315
271	Assan	3,285	1:6,322
272	Ndoum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,280	1:6,332
273	Ela Origin unidentified.	3,278	1:6,336
274	Nyebe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,278	1:6,336
275	Djam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,277	1:6,338
276	Celestine Probably an altered spelling of French Célestin (see Celestin).	3,266	1:6,359
277	Kitio The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,261	1:6,369
278	Takou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,261	1:6,369
279	Essome The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,257	1:6,377
280	Abossolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,250	1:6,390
281	Amah	3,250	1:6,390
282	Chantal	3,249	1:6,392
283	Tchapda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,249	1:6,392
284	Djoufack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,248	1:6,394
285	Nguepi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,244	1:6,402
286	Frida The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,242	1:6,406
287	Ndinga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,237	1:6,416
288	Tina	3,232	1:6,426
289	Akam	3,218	1:6,454
290	Mala	3,211	1:6,468
291	Fossi	3,208	1:6,474
292	Tem	3,207	1:6,476
293	Oumara The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,203	1:6,484
294	Kongnyuy The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,201	1:6,488
295	Tchoumi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,200	1:6,490
296	Mveng The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,199	1:6,492
297	Ebongue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,198	1:6,494
298	Oteh	3,194	1:6,503
299	Moukam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,186	1:6,519
300	Thomas English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, and South Indian: from the medieval personal name, of Biblical origin, from Aramaic t’om’a, a byname meaning ‘twin’. It was borne by one of the disciples of Christ, best known for his scepticism about Christ’s resurrection (John 20:24–29). The th- spelling is organic, the initial letter of the name in the Greek New Testament being a theta. The English pronunciation as t rather than th- is the result of French influence from an early date. In Britain the surname is widely distributed throughout the country, but especially common in Wales and Cornwall. The Ukrainian form is Choma. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.	3,186	1:6,519
301	Etoga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,183	1:6,525
302	Mvuh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,182	1:6,527
303	Njume The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,176	1:6,539
304	Nguimfack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,175	1:6,541
305	Mbinkar The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,172	1:6,548
306	Yonga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,172	1:6,548
307	Amba	3,162	1:6,568
308	Ananga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,158	1:6,577
309	Avomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,156	1:6,581
310	Ebolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,156	1:6,581
311	Voundi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,155	1:6,583
312	Elomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,154	1:6,585
313	Kogne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,153	1:6,587
314	Kuetche The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,151	1:6,591
315	Djingui The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,147	1:6,600
316	Djoukouo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,146	1:6,602
317	Manda Indian (Andhra Pradesh): Hindu (Brahman) name based on the name of a subgroup of Brahmans. Czech and Slovak: from a derivative of the female personal name Magdalena (see Maudlin).	3,146	1:6,602
318	Oum Cambodian: unexplained.	3,146	1:6,602
319	Nguini The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,141	1:6,612
320	Ahmat The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,136	1:6,623
321	Djoumba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,136	1:6,623
322	Elhadji The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,131	1:6,633
323	Yakoubou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,131	1:6,633
324	Demgne The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,130	1:6,635
325	Kwedi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,126	1:6,644
326	Njei The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,125	1:6,646
327	Ngek The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,124	1:6,648
328	Hadjaratou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,123	1:6,650
329	Meyo	3,117	1:6,663
330	Viche	3,113	1:6,672
331	Bachirou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,108	1:6,682
332	Njock The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,108	1:6,682
333	Yiagnigni The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,106	1:6,687
334	Medi	3,103	1:6,693
335	Mvomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,102	1:6,695
336	Bala	3,095	1:6,711
337	Kinyuy The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,081	1:6,741
338	Ekoto The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,076	1:6,752
339	Essame The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,060	1:6,787
340	Ebanga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,059	1:6,789
341	Marie French and English: from the popular medieval female personal name, Latin Maria. This was the name of the mother of Christ in the New Testament, as well as several other New Testament figures. It derives from Aramaic Maryam (Biblical Hebrew Miryam), but the vernacular forms have been influenced by the Roman family name Marius (which is of uncertain origin). The Hebrew name is likewise of uncertain etymology, but perhaps means ‘wished-for child’, from an Egyptian root mrj with the addition of the Hebrew feminine diminutive suffix -am. St. Jerome understood it as a compound of mar ‘drop’ + yam ‘sea’, which he rendered as Latin stilla maris, later altered to stella maris ‘star of the sea’, whence the medieval Christian liturgical phrase. French (Marié): nickname for a man newly married, from the past participle of marier ‘to marry’.	3,059	1:6,789
342	Alima	3,056	1:6,796
343	Noa Spanish: from the Biblical personal name Noah. German (Noä) and Jewish: variant spelling of Noah.	3,052	1:6,805
344	Kalda	3,050	1:6,810
345	Nene	3,047	1:6,816
346	Essiane The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,040	1:6,832
347	Atsama The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,033	1:6,848
348	Messanga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,029	1:6,857
349	Chetima The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,017	1:6,884
350	Dieudonne French (Dieudonné): from the medieval personal name Dieudonné ‘God-given’, a vernacular form of Deodonatus.	3,010	1:6,900
351	Nkengafac The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,009	1:6,902
352	Tabot The meaning of this surname is not listed.	3,006	1:6,909
353	Khan Muslim: from a personal name or status name based on Turkish khan ‘ruler’, ‘nobleman’. This was originally a hereditary title among Tartar and Mongolian tribesmen (in particular Genghis Khan, 1162–1227), but is now very widely used throughout the Muslim world as a personal name. In Iran and parts of the Indian subcontinent it is used as an honorific title after a person’s name.	2,998	1:6,928
354	Ngankam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,996	1:6,932
355	Ruth English: from Middle English reuthe ‘pity’ (a derivativenof rewen to pity, Old English hreowan) nickname for ancharitable person or for a pitiable one. The personal name Ruthnwas little used in England in the Middle Ages among non-Jews, and isnunlikely to have had any influence on the surname. adm SwissnGerman: from a short form of any of the Germanic personal names formednwith hrod ‘renown’ (see Rode). EGnot Jewish -nab	2,996	1:6,932
356	Nyangon The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,992	1:6,942
357	Justin French, English, Slovenian, etc.: from a medieval personal name, Latin Justinus, a derivative of Justus (see Just). This name was borne by various early saints, including a 3rd-century Parisian martyr and the first archbishop of Tarbes.	2,986	1:6,955
358	Enanga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,985	1:6,958
359	Houma The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,982	1:6,965
360	Mang German (Baden–Württemberg): from Mangnus, a dialect form of Magnus. Southeast Asian: unexplained.	2,982	1:6,965
361	Temfack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,981	1:6,967
362	Kpoumie The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,977	1:6,977
363	Mama	2,977	1:6,977
364	Ymele The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,977	1:6,977
365	Tamfu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,972	1:6,988
366	Angoula The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,971	1:6,991
367	Ngole	2,967	1:7,000
368	Masso Italian: masculinized form of Massa. Catalan (Massó): probably variant spelling of maçó ‘pickaxe’, nickname for someone who worked as stonecutter, from the diminutive of maça ‘mace’.	2,960	1:7,017
369	Wandala The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,958	1:7,021
370	Meke	2,952	1:7,036
371	Ongolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,951	1:7,038
372	Justine	2,946	1:7,050
373	Zara Italian: habitational name from the Italian name for the city of Zadar on the Dalmatian coast in former Yugoslavia. Italian: in Sicily, possibly from a variant of zagara, zagra, zaara ‘orange flower’, or, in Venezia, possibly a variant of Zadra. Spanish: probably a metronymic from the female personal name Sara, Zara (see Sara). Basque: topographic name from Basque zara ‘wood’, ‘thicket’.	2,945	1:7,052
374	Boyomo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,944	1:7,055
375	Tige	2,944	1:7,055
376	Tchaptchet The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,942	1:7,060
377	Sime Diminutives of Symon, Simeon, which see. In Symmie and his bruder, a satire in the vein of Peblis to the play, we have mention of "Bayth Sym and his bruder," and "Nowthir Syme nor his bruder." 11. 10, 20.Sim is not always representative of Clan Moc-Shimidh as some think-it is a common English name as well.	2,939	1:7,067
378	Ngako The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,935	1:7,076
379	Zeufack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,935	1:7,076
380	Niba	2,933	1:7,081
381	Enongene The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,929	1:7,091
382	Francois French (François): from the personal name François, originally an ethnic name meaning ‘Frenchman’, (see Francis).	2,925	1:7,101
383	Ebelle The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,924	1:7,103
384	Djuissi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,923	1:7,105
385	Tchuente The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,920	1:7,113
386	Kamta The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,918	1:7,118
387	Mande Mande is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: a term associated with the death of the King.	2,916	1:7,122
388	Michel French, German, and Dutch: from the personal name Michel (see Michael). Basque: variant from the personal name Mitxel, equivalent of Michael. Polish: from a variant of the personal name Michal (see Michael). Greek: shortened form of any of various patronymic derivatives of Michael, for example Michelakis, Michelakakis, or Michelakos.	2,915	1:7,125
389	Bate This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bartholomew,' from the nick. Bate. The form Bathe below will mark the step by which Bate was reached.Bate de Butwick, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.Bate le Tackman, Lincolnshire, ibid.	2,909	1:7,140
390	Belle Italian (Bellé): from a reduced derivative of Bello, for example Belletto. French: from Belle meaning ‘beautiful’. In medieval times this epithet was often combined with a baptismal name, e.g. Bellemarie. German: habitational name from a place so named in the Lippe district. German spelling of Slovenian Bele, nickname denoting a fair-haired or pale-skinned person, a derivative of bel ‘white’, ‘light’, ‘fair’, formed with the suffix -e, typically denoting a young person.	2,902	1:7,157
391	Afane	2,899	1:7,164
392	Waffo	2,896	1:7,172
393	Amana	2,895	1:7,174
394	Tom English and Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Thomas. Polish: from a short form of the personal name Tomasz (see Thomas). Chinese: see Tan.	2,893	1:7,179
395	Jong Dutch, Frisian, and North German: distinguishing name, from Middle Dutch de jonc ‘the young’, for the younger of two bearers of the same name, usually a son who bore the same name as his father. Korean: variant of Chong. Chinese: see Zhong.	2,888	1:7,192
396	Mathieu French: from the personal name Mathieu, vernacular derivative of Latin Mathias or Matthaeus (see Matthew).	2,887	1:7,194
397	Minda	2,886	1:7,196
398	Kitikil The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,881	1:7,209
399	Nchare The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,881	1:7,209
400	Esso The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,877	1:7,219
401	Lowe English and Scottish: variant spelling of Low. German (Löwe): see Loewe. Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwe): ornamental name from German Löwe ‘lion’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Germanized form of Levy.	2,873	1:7,229
402	Akoumba The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,867	1:7,244
403	Fang Chinese : from the name of Ji Fang Shu, a senior adviser to the penultimate king of the Western Zhou dynasty, Xuan Wang (827–781 bc). He is known for the expeditions he undertook to calm southern tribes. His descendants adopted part of his name, Fang, as their surname. Chinese : from the name of the ancient state of Fang (in present-day Henan province). The model emperor Yao (2357–2257 bc) was admired by Confucius for his virtuous leadership and his selection of his successor, Shun, on grounds of merit rather than heredity. (Yao passed over his own son, Dan Zhu, who did not display governing ability, and chose Shun.) When Shun ascended the throne, he granted the state of Fang to Dan Zhu’s son. His descendants eventually adopted the name of the state Fang as their surname. German: from Middle High German vanc ‘catch’, ‘enclosure’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosed plot of land, a hunting ground, a place where traps were set (for game or fish), or a pit; or a byname, meaning ‘the catch’, for a foreigner who had been forced into bondage.	2,863	1:7,254
404	Monde	2,863	1:7,254
405	Ngomo	2,862	1:7,257
406	Ayong	2,854	1:7,277
407	Tchuisseu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,854	1:7,277
408	Mbono The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,849	1:7,290
409	Mua	2,849	1:7,290
410	Tchari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,834	1:7,329
411	Mbolo Mbolo is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: bread.	2,828	1:7,344
412	Bichara The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,825	1:7,352
413	Nguetsop The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,822	1:7,360
414	Yonta	2,812	1:7,386
415	Taiwe The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,810	1:7,391
416	Edou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,806	1:7,402
417	Takang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,801	1:7,415
418	Tonfack The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,800	1:7,418
419	Yerima	2,800	1:7,418
420	Mapon The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,799	1:7,420
421	Mbita Mbita is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: an evil spirit.	2,798	1:7,423
422	Ndome The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,798	1:7,423
423	Babila	2,792	1:7,439
424	Sop	2,792	1:7,439
425	Souadatou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,788	1:7,449
426	Farikou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,787	1:7,452
427	Mohammadou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,787	1:7,452
428	Kue Hawaiian: unexplained. Laotian: unexplained. English: probably a variant of Kew.	2,784	1:7,460
429	Aretouyap The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,781	1:7,468
430	Etame	2,781	1:7,468
431	Mbom The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,781	1:7,468
432	Salatou	2,781	1:7,468
433	Aboh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,779	1:7,474
434	Engoulou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,777	1:7,479
435	Djouma The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,776	1:7,482
436	Chimi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,774	1:7,487
437	Ladi	2,773	1:7,490
438	Menounga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,773	1:7,490
439	Asong The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,769	1:7,501
440	Ndze The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,768	1:7,503
441	Azah	2,759	1:7,528
442	Ngalle The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,757	1:7,533
443	Ebale The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,755	1:7,539
444	Ngo Tonye	2,753	1:7,544
445	Solange	2,753	1:7,544
446	Wang Chinese : from a character meaning ‘prince’. There are numerous unrelated Wang clans, descendants of various princes of the Shang (1766–1122 bc) and Zhou (1122–221 bc) dynasties, including in particular descendants of the Shang dynasty prince Bi Gan and descendants of Bi Gonggao, 15th son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, who was granted the state of Wei (a different state of Wei than that granted the eighth son; compare Sun). Chinese : from the name of a state or area called Wang. From ancient times through the Xia (2205–1766 bc) and Shang (1766–1122 bc) dynasties there existed a state of Wang. Later, during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), there also existed an area named Wang in the state of Lu. Some descendants of the ruling class of both areas took the place name Wang as their surname. Korean: there is one Chinese character for the surname Wang. Some sources indicate that there are fifteen Wang clans, but only two can be identified: the Kaesong Wang clan and the Chenam Wang clan. The Kaesong Wang clan, which originated in China, ruled the Korean peninsula for almost five hundred years as the ruling dynasty of the Koryo period (918–1392). There are some indications that the Kaesong Wang clan was present in the ancient Choson Kingdom (?194 bc). When the Chonju Yi clan seized power in 1392 and established the Choson kingdom, many of the members of the Kaesong Wang clan changed their names and went into hiding to avoid being persecuted by the new ruling dynasty. The Chenam Wang clan is also of Chinese origin. The Chenam Wang clan is much smaller than the Kaesong Wang clan. German and Dutch: from Middle German wang, Middle Dutch waenge, literally ‘cheek’, but also in southern German having the transferred sense ‘grassy slope’ or ‘field of grass’. It was thus either a topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow or a descriptive nickname for someone with noticeable cheeks (for example, round or rosy). Jewish (Ashkenazic): either a borrowing of the German name (see 4), or else a regional name for a Jew from Hungary (compare Russian Vengria ‘Hungary’). Scandinavian: variant spelling of Vang 1.	2,753	1:7,544
447	Walla Variant spelling of the Polish personal name Wala, a pet form of Walenty, Polish form of Latin Valentinus (see Valentine). German: from a Slavic form of the personal name Valentin (see Valentine). Variant spelling of Swedish and Norwegian Valla. Indian (Panjab): Sikh (Jat) name of unknown origin.	2,752	1:7,547
448	Ekassi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,751	1:7,550
449	Nsoh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,751	1:7,550
450	Meffo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,747	1:7,561
451	Djonga The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,746	1:7,563
452	Pascal French and English: from the personal name Pascal, Latin Paschalis, a derivative of pascha ‘Easter’, via Greek and Aramaic from Hebrew pesach ‘Passover’. Compare Italian Pasquale. possibly also an Americanized form of Greek Paskhales, which has the same origin as 1.	2,746	1:7,563
453	Akwa	2,742	1:7,574
454	Tchio The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,741	1:7,577
455	Essimi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,739	1:7,583
456	Atabong	2,737	1:7,588
457	Ngome The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,736	1:7,591
458	Abdu	2,735	1:7,594
459	Engolo The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,734	1:7,597
460	Koulou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,731	1:7,605
461	Njifon The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,727	1:7,616
462	Umaru	2,727	1:7,616
463	Ngatchou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,724	1:7,624
464	Ewang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,722	1:7,630
465	Tonga	2,720	1:7,636
466	Wayang The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,720	1:7,636
467	Eboutou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,719	1:7,638
468	Gladys Americanized spelling of Polish Gladysz (see Gladysz).	2,714	1:7,653
469	Mami	2,714	1:7,653
470	Mbede The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,714	1:7,653
471	Minkoulou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,712	1:7,658
472	Youssouf	2,711	1:7,661
473	Motale Motale is a name that originates on the frontiers of the Bantu nation in the Ndian Division of Cameroon, among the Oroko (Bareka) people, specifically of the Balue tribe. The name is a contraction of the phrase: 'moto a liè', which can roughly translate as 'let man prevail'.	2,710	1:7,664
474	Kossenda The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,708	1:7,670
475	Kounou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,707	1:7,672
476	Aboubakari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,703	1:7,684
477	Kemajou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,703	1:7,684
478	Yossa	2,703	1:7,684
479	Fogue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,697	1:7,701
480	Simeu The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,697	1:7,701
481	Angue The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,696	1:7,704
482	Bidja The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,695	1:7,707
483	Eboa The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,693	1:7,712
484	Atta	2,691	1:7,718
485	Biya The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,690	1:7,721
486	Fankam The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,688	1:7,727
487	Kedi The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,686	1:7,732
488	Akem	2,678	1:7,755
489	Makon	2,676	1:7,761
490	Mfoumou The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,674	1:7,767
491	Ngouh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,670	1:7,779
492	Ongum The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,669	1:7,782
493	Orock	2,666	1:7,790
494	Temwa Temwa is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: a child that everyone is fond of.	2,666	1:7,790
495	Eta	2,664	1:7,796
496	Ntoh The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,664	1:7,796
497	Boum Armorially identified with Bohun of Midhurst. See Boon.	2,663	1:7,799
498	Soumai The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,663	1:7,799
499	Mandari The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,662	1:7,802
500	Matip The meaning of this surname is not listed.	2,662	1:7,802

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