Maffou Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Maffou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maffou (11) may also be a first name.
Maffou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maffou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maffou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Maffou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maffou? popularity and diffusion
Maffou is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Maffou is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Maffou reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 483,002. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 56 percent reside, West Region, where 26 percent reside and North Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 2 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
- 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 Maffou
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