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 surname Mahfouf is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahfouf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 110,165th most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,726,497 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mahfouf live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 4,008 people, or 1 in 9,639. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Boumerdès Province, where 28 percent live, Annaba Province, where 26 percent live and Algiers Province, where 20 percent live. Aside from Algeria this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found 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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