Names of Central African Republic CF
Names in the Central African Republic are recorded in French and sg, with a given name followed by an inherited family name.
Written in French, sg.
- Population
- 6M
- Official registers
- 3
- Name forms recorded
- 193
At least one official register, plus a written account of the naming system.
The account of the naming system rests on encyclopaedia and genealogy sources; it has not yet been checked against onomastic literature.
How names work in Central African Republic
2 naming traditions are in use in Central African Republic, listed in the order of the country's languages. They are separate systems, not variants of one, and each has its own page.
The most common names in Central African Republic
Scripts & spelling
Countries whose names look alike
Measured as the overlap between each country's top 300 given-name forms, weighted by how common each is — the fuzzy-set approach of Lauc (2024), on a truncated inventory.
Registers & sources
Official registers
- ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025)2025not a population count
Autorite Nationale des Elections (ANE). Counts: election candidates. given and surname. 1,440 forms. 2025. Licence: Open government data.
What we know about this register
Candidate lists for 28 Dec 2025 legislative + regional elections; 1582 candidates -> 2868 name rows (1156 given, 1712 surname); columns Nom/Prenom/Sexe/DOB.
Last verified 2026-07-02.
- The page provides a list of common surnames in Central African Republic along with the number of people bearing each nam2023not a population count
fr.geneawiki.com. Counts: not recorded. surname. 50 forms. 2023. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. The page provides a list of common surnames in Central African Republic along with the number of people bearing each name.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
- This page discusses the demographic statistics of the Central African Republic's population, published by Ndjoni Sango.2026not a population count
ndjonisango.com. Counts: not recorded. given. 3 forms. 2023–2026. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. This page discusses the demographic statistics of the Central African Republic's population, published by Ndjoni Sango.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
Cited works
Behind this page's own account — its one-line answer, its explanation of why the rankings differ, and the notes on its registers. Each naming tradition cites its own sources on its page. Not yet checked against onomastic literature.
- Central African Republic Languagesgenealogy
- Central African Surnamesgenealogy
- Culture of Central African Republicweb
- Sango languageencyclopaedia
About this data
Official figures are reproduced from the register named beside them, at the year named beside them, and are never combined across registers. The "across all records" ranking counts records in our own corpus — historical registers, the diaspora, business and place records — and is not a population count. Bearer estimates are omitted where a name accounts for more than a quarter of a country's records, because the estimate is not defensible there. Names listed by reference works and licensed name dictionaries are cited as attesting a name; their figures are not published.
Data snapshot: 2026-09-12.
Questions
- Is there one naming system in Central African Republic?
- No — 2 are described on this page (Sango and Central African, French), and they are separate systems rather than variants of one.
Cite this page: Mondonomo, “Names of Central African Republic”, https://nelma.mondonomo.ai/names/CF (data snapshot 2026-09-12).