Affou Surname
Approximately 1,058 people bear this surname
Affou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 742 | 1:31,093 | 2,096 |
| Algeria | 171 | 1:225,916 | 25,485 |
| Benin | 113 | 1:91,466 | 10,568 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Affou (7,744) may also be a first name.
Affou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Affou has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Affou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Affou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 345,892nd most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,888,040 people. The surname Affou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Affou live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affou is also the 72,633rd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 7,744 people.
It is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 742 people, or 1 in 31,093. In The Ivory Coast Affou is most numerous in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 42 percent reside, Lagunes District, where 30 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 16 percent reside and Benin, where 11 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Affou
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