Hafizou Surname
Approximately 738 people bear this surname
Hafizou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 703 | 1:27,300 | 1,581 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Hafizou (3,887) may also be a first name.
Hafizou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hafizou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hafizou is most common in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hafizou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 458,119th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,874,723 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hafizou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 112,482nd most widespread first name on earth, held by 3,887 people.
The surname Hafizou is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 703 people, or 1 in 27,300. In Niger Hafizou is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 30 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 27 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 15 percent reside. Beside Niger Hafizou is found in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 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 Hafizou
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