Mahfou Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Mahfou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Mahfou (53) may also be a first name.
Mahfou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahfou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahfou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻅ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahfou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Mahfou reside; 65 percent reside in South Asia and 65 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 53 people.
Mahfou is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 6,980,229. In Iran Mahfou is primarily concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 73 percent are found, Qazvin Province, where 9 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Iran Mahfou exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahfou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahfou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻅ | mhfwz | - |
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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 Mahfou
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