Doufou Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Doufou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Doufou (91) may also be a first name.
Doufou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doufou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Doufou is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Doufou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Doufou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,460,878th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Doufou are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 34 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Doufou is also the 998,282nd most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 91 people.
Doufou is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 47 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 37 percent live and Diffa Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Niger it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 26 percent live and Benin, where 25 percent live.
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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 Doufou
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