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 last name Diefou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﻔﻮ) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Diefou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diefou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,312,869th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Diefou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Mande Africa. Diefou is also the 3,159,357th most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 13 people.
It is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 273,912. In Burkina Faso Diefou is mostly concentrated 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. Besides Burkina Faso this last name 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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