Khalifou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Khalifou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Khalifou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalifou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khalifou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻠﻴﻒ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalifou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Khalifou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Khalifou is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 25 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 25 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent are found and Yemen, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khalifou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khalifou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻠﻴﻒ | khlyf | 50 |
| ﺍﺧﻠﻴﻔﻮ | akhlyfw | 50 |
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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 Khalifou
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