Mahfouf Surname
Approximately 4,221 people bear this surname
Mahfouf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4,008 | 1:9,639 | 1,666 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mahfouf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahfouf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahfouf is most common in Algeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mahfouf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahfouf? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mahfouf is the 110,165th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,726,497 people. Mahfouf is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mahfouf reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This last name is most numerous in Algeria, where it is borne by 4,008 people, or 1 in 9,639. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Boumerdès Province, where 28 percent live, Annaba Province, where 26 percent live and Algiers Province, where 20 percent live. Barring Algeria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 3 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahfoufe | 93 | 6 | / |
| Mahfoudf | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mahfof | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mahfuf | 92 | 1 | / |
| Maafouf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mehfouf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mahfauf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafuf | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mafof | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mahfob | 77 | 2 | / |
| Masfuf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mahfaf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafofe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mosfouf | 71 | 31 | / |
| Mahfeef | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mahfovd | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mehfoof | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahfowz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahafov | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mofof | 67 | 92 | / |
| Mafuv | 67 | 62 | / |
| Mafov | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mofuf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mafaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafub | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mahafova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mefof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafob | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafow | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mahfouf
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