Effou Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Effou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 52 | 1:443,678 | 14,663 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Effou (26) may also be a first name.
Effou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Effou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Effou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Effou? popularity and diffusion
Effou is the 2,635,433rd most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Effou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Effou live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 26 people.
The surname Effou is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 443,678. In The Ivory Coast Effou is most numerous in: Lagunes District, where 62 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 37 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 2 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Effou
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