Essoufou Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Essoufou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
Essoufou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essoufou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Essoufou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essoufou? popularity and diffusion
Essoufou is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Essoufou reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 29 percent are found and Benin, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Essoufou
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