Maroufou Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Maroufou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 102 | 1:101,329 | 11,505 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Maroufou (932) may also be a first name.
Maroufou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maroufou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maroufou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maroufou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maroufou is the 1,649,806th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname Maroufou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maroufou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Maroufou is also the 264,900th most prevalent forename on earth, held by 932 people.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 101,329. In Benin Maroufou is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 34 percent live, Plateau Department, where 31 percent live and Donga Department, where 19 percent live. Aside from Benin Maroufou exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
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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
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