Gafoure Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gafoure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gafoure (53) may also be a first name.
Gafoure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafoure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafoure is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafoure? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gafoure is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Gafoure occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Gafoure reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Gafoure is also the 1,366,219th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 53 people.
The surname Gafoure is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent reside and North Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 25 percent reside and India, where 25 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
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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 Gafoure
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