Gaffarou Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Gaffarou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Gaffarou (16) may also be a first name.
Gaffarou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaffarou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaffarou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaffarou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaffarou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin Gaffarou is primarily found in: Atlantique Department, where 90 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 5 percent live and Zou Department, where 5 percent live. Aside from Benin this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 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 Gaffarou
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