Gafarou Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Gafarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 272 | 1:37,999 | 4,906 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gafarou (3,125) may also be a first name.
Gafarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafarou is most common in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafarou? popularity and diffusion
Gafarou is the 897,852nd most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gafarou reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gafarou is also the 128,833rd most commonly held given name internationally It is held by 3,125 people.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 37,999. In Benin Gafarou is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 44 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 27 percent live and Littoral Department, where 12 percent live. Barring Benin this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 2 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
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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 Gafarou
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