Acafou Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Acafou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Acafou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast3041:75,8924,179
France11:66,422,722504,397

Acafou (111) may also be a first name.

Acafou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Acafou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Acafou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 883,255th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Acafou live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Acafou is also the 890,531st most frequent first name internationally, held by 111 people.

The surname is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 304 people, or 1 in 75,892. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 50 percent reside, Lagunes District, where 39 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 4 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast this surname is found in one country. It is also found in France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Acaffou92400/
Ackafou923/
Accafou921/
Acafo912/
Ackaffou8611/
Akafou83647/
Achafu8346/
Akaffou777,979/
Achaufo771/
Achafui771/
Atsafou771/
Azafoue771/
Akafo73939/
Acofo7322/
Akafu739/
Azafu733/
Azafo731/
Akafffou712/
Ackaphou712/
Atsafoue711/
Accaphou711/
Adzafo67420/
Achafa67148/
Akaffo6756/
Akeafu6710/
Akaifo676/
Akafeu673/
Azafeu672/
Akofou672/
Acafee671/
Akafoh671/
Acaffa671/
Akafuh671/
Ochafu671/
Akaffu671/
Akkafu671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Acafou
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