Diefou Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Diefou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 67 | 1:273,912 | 5,111 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Diefou (13) may also be a first name.
Diefou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diefou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Diefou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﻔﻮ) is most common in Burkina Faso. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Diefou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Diefou is the 2,312,869th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Diefou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Mande Africa. Diefou is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.
Diefou is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 273,912. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 91 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 7 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso it occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diefou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diefou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻳﻔﻮ | dyfw | 50 |
| ﺩﻳﻴﻔﻮ | dyyfw | 25 |
| ﺟﻴﻔﻮ | jyfw | 25 |
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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 Diefou
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