Kafougou Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Kafougou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kafougou (27) may also be a first name.
Kafougou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafougou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafougou occurs most in Niger. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafougou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafougou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kafougou is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 27 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 479,800. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 78 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 20 percent live. Excluding Niger it occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafougo | 93 | 42 | / |
| Kofougou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kafoungo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kafugo | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kafogo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kafugu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Koufougou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kafungo | 80 | 563 | / |
| Kafungu | 80 | 267 | / |
| Kafongo | 80 | 59 | / |
| Koufougoue | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kapfungu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kafongoyi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kafuga | 71 | 17 | / |
| Koufongou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Koufeigou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kafunga | 67 | 3,439 | / |
| Kofongo | 67 | 48 | / |
| Kafango | 67 | 8 | / |
| Cafungo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kafonga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kafogus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kafiego | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kafougou
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