Moufou Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Moufou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Moufou (275) may also be a first name.
Moufou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moufou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moufou is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Moufou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moufou? popularity and diffusion
Moufou is the 2,580,327th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Moufou are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 535,844th most prevalent forename throughout the world, borne by 275 people.
The surname Moufou is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 834,436. In Niger Moufou is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 70 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 22 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Niger this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 23 percent reside and Benin, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Moufou
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