Miafou Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Miafou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Miafou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Miafou (11) may also be a first name.

Miafou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Miafou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Miafou is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Miafou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Miafou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Miafou live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread given name in the world, borne by 11 people.

Miafou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Miafou is most common in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Miafo91748/
Miafu911/
Miaffo83659/
Mihafu83188/
Meafou8350/
Miafeu834/
Miafohoue801/
Miafffo771/
Miaffop771/
Meafo7368/
Myafu734/
Miafa733/
Mejiofou711/
Meaffo6716/
Meafoy670/
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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 Miafou
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