Niafou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Niafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
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
Niafou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Niafou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Niafou is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 38 percent of Niafou are found; 25 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Niafou is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 45 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 3,295,890. In The Ivory Coast Niafou is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 71 percent reside, Comoé District, where 14 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 14 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niafo | 91 | 1,110 | / |
| Niafu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gnafou | 83 | 63 | / |
| Njafou | 83 | 11 | / |
| Niaffo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gnaffou | 77 | 191 | / |
| Gnafous | 77 | 16 | / |
| Gnafoue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njiafuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njiaffo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngnafou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niafa | 73 | 49 | / |
| Njafu | 73 | 33 | / |
| Nhafu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Gnafo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nyafo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nyafu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gnafu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Njafo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gnaffoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Niafas | 67 | 154 | / |
| Njafuh | 67 | 90 | / |
| Nyafeu | 67 | 87 | / |
| Gnaffo | 67 | 30 | / |
| Nyhafu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nyafuh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Niapho | 67 | 4 | / |
| Njafeu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Njaffo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngnafu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngnafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngeafu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngiafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyafot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njiafa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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