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
Diefou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻳﻔﻮ) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Diefou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Diefou is the 2,312,869th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Diefou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Diefou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 273,912. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent 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. Other than Burkina Faso Diefou occurs in one country. It also occurs 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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