Nifou Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Nifou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nifou (28) may also be a first name.
Nifou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nifou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nifou occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nifou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Nifou is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Nifou are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,563,470. In The Ivory Coast Nifou is most frequent in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 89 percent reside and Lagunes District, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niffou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Noifou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nifu | 89 | 2,381 | / |
| Nifo | 89 | 115 | / |
| Ngoifou | 83 | 8 | / |
| Nifus | 80 | 132 | / |
| Nisfu | 80 | 72 | / |
| Niefo | 80 | 34 | / |
| Nisfo | 80 | 24 | / |
| Naifo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Naifu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ngifu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Niffo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nifau | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gnifo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nihfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nifod | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nefou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noifu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nifuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nidfo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngifo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nifho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nifoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nifaut | 73 | 68 | / |
| Niffoi | 73 | 65 | / |
| Nifosì | 73 | 32 | / |
| Nefous | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nissfu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nnaifu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nuifau | 73 | 4 | / |
| Neffou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngiffo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngifeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngifue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nifaue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niffus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niefuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nifuji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neifus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Nifa | 67 | 1,453 | / |
| Nefu | 67 | 262 | / |
| Nefo | 67 | 78 | / |
| Neffous | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nehfoud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njfo | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Yofou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neifeut | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nifou
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