Afoufou Surname

340,354th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,080 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Afoufou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afoufou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria9271:41,6747,436
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Benin131:795,04642,452
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
France11:66,422,722504,397

Afoufou Last Name Facts

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

Afoufou occurs most in Algeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afoufou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 340,354th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,747,728 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afoufou reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 927 people, or 1 in 41,674. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Batna Province, where 59 percent live, Khenchela Province, where 41 percent live and Biskra Province, where 0 percent live. Not including Algeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 13 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affoufou936/
Afofou922/
Affouffou881/
Afufu83157/
Afofo833/
Afofouet801/
Aifufu7738/
Afoufa7728/
Gafufu771/
Ofoufo771/
Afufuch711/
Efofo67189/
Afofu67135/
Ofofo6792/
Efufu6741/
Afufa6733/
Afofa672/
Ofufu671/
Ofufo671/

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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 Afoufou
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