Chefou Surname
Approximately 6,639 people bear this surname
Chefou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6,584 | 1:2,915 | 302 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Chefou (2,729) may also be a first name.
Chefou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chefou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chefou has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chefou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,092nd most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,097,687 people. The surname Chefou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chefou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 139,997th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 2,729 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 6,584 people, or 1 in 2,915. In Niger Chefou is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 50 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 14 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Chefou
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