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
Maroufou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maroufou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname 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. It is also the 264,900th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 932 people.
The last name Maroufou is most frequently held 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 are found, Plateau Department, where 31 percent are found and Donga Department, where 19 percent are found. Not including Benin this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 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 Maroufou
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