Arfou Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Arfou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 106 | 1:181,057 | 6,330 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Arfou (10) may also be a first name.
Arfou Demographics
Arfou Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Arfou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arfou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arfou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arfou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Arfou is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Arfou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 10 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 181,057. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 86 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 11 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 2 percent are found and Iraq, where 1 percent are found.
Arfou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arfoud | 91 | 171 | / |
| Arfouj | 91 | 16 | / |
| Arfouy | 91 | 9 | / |
| Harfou | 91 | 9 | / |
| Aarfou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Arfout | 91 | 1 | / |
| Arffou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Garfou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Arfo | 89 | 271 | / |
| Arfu | 89 | 11 | / |
| Harfous | 83 | 6 | / |
| Arfouch | 83 | 1 | / |
| Harfout | 83 | 1 | / |
| Arfau | 80 | 59 | / |
| Arfux | 80 | 22 | / |
| Arfos | 80 | 21 | / |
| Arfus | 80 | 20 | / |
| Arfuz | 80 | 11 | / |
| Garfo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Harfo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Harfu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Arfoj | 80 | 2 | / |
| Arfeu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Airfo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arfoz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arfut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orfou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arfoo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Harfoush | 77 | 16,693 | / |
| Harfouch | 77 | 608 | / |
| Arfuch | 73 | 133 | / |
| Arfeux | 73 | 130 | / |
| Arfaux | 73 | 60 | / |
| Harfot | 73 | 26 | / |
| Arfaut | 73 | 23 | / |
| Arfush | 73 | 5 | / |
| Harfoh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Garfau | 73 | 3 | / |
| Garfoo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Garvfo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Arfauy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Garfuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gorfou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Harfod | 73 | 0 | / |
| Arfa | 67 | 19,771 | / |
| Harfosh | 67 | 439 | / |
| Orfo | 67 | 229 | / |
| Harfoot | 67 | 219 | / |
| Harfuch | 67 | 217 | / |
| Harfaux | 67 | 193 | / |
| Harfush | 67 | 126 | / |
| Harfaut | 67 | 24 | / |
| Garfejo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hourfou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harfoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arfoosh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Airfood | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Arfou
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