Dioufe Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Dioufe Surname Definition:

This surname has been adopted by members of the Diouf or Joof clan. A historically important clan, they are recorded as far back as the 13th century, when a clan member was King of Laah (now part of Senegal.) The clan's totem is the antelope, which clan members are prohibited from harming.

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Dioufe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Dioufe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname has been adopted by members of the Diouf or Joof clan. A historically important clan, they are recorded as far back as the 13th century, when a clan member was King of Laah (now part of Senegal.) The clan's totem is the antelope, which clan members are prohibited from harming. It is believed that members of the clan become antelope when they die.

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Dioufe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dioufe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dioufe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻑ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dioufe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,742,229th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Dioufe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dioufe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 4,094,863. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Dioufe exists in one country. It is also common in Senegal, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Deoufi672/
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Djoufi672/
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Dieuffi623/
Djeufet621/
Djuifeu621/
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Dehauffe578/
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Djufi554/
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Dioufe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dioufe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻮﻑjwf-

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