Niafou Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Niafou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niafou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Niafou (45) may also be a first name.

Niafou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Niafou occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niafou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Niafou occurs mostly in Africa, where 38 percent of Niafou reside; 25 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Niafou is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 45 people.

It is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 3,295,890. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 71 percent live, Comoé District, where 14 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 14 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niafo911,110/
Niafu911/
Gnafou8363/
Njafou8311/
Niaffo839/
Gnaffou77191/
Gnafous7716/
Gnafoue771/
Njiafuh771/
Njiaffo771/
Ngnafou771/
Niafa7349/
Njafu7333/
Nhafu7317/
Gnafo7316/
Nyafo7311/
Nyafu739/
Gnafu738/
Njafo732/
Gnaffoue711/
Niafas67154/
Njafuh6790/
Nyafeu6787/
Gnaffo6730/
Nyhafu6712/
Nyafuh678/
Niapho674/
Njafeu674/
Njaffo671/
Ngnafu671/
Ngnafo671/
Ngeafu671/
Ngiafa671/
Nyafot671/
Njiafa671/

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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 Niafou
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