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 last name Moufou has its highest incidence in Niger. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moufou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Moufou is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Moufou reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Moufou is also the 535,844th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 275 people.
The surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 834,436. In Niger Moufou is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 70 percent live, Zinder Region, where 22 percent live and Diffa Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Niger Moufou is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 23 percent live and Benin, where 18 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
- 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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