Nafou Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Nafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Nafou (534) may also be a first name.
Nafou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nafou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nafou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Nafou is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Nafou are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 364,930th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 534 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 2,097,385. In The Ivory Coast Nafou is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 45 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 18 percent live and Denguélé District, where 9 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 28 percent live and Morocco, where 13 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nafou
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