Mafou Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Mafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
Mafou (286) may also be a first name.
Mafou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,293,424th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Mafou reside; 41 percent reside in Central Africa and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 523,065th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 286 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Mafou is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 43 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and West Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 43 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Mafou
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