Gafou Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Gafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 206 | 1:50,173 | 6,324 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Gafou (528) may also be a first name.
Gafou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gafou is found most frequently in Benin. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,041,601st most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname Gafou is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gafou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 367,169th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 528 people.
The last name Gafou is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 206 people, or 1 in 50,173. In Benin Gafou is most common in: Donga Department, where 87 percent live, Collines Department, where 9 percent live and Borgou Department, where 3 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 9 percent live and Greece, where 3 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 Gafou
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