Niouf Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Niouf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Niouf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Niouf Last Name Facts

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

Niouf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﻮﻑ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niouf? popularity and diffusion

The last name Niouf is the 1,118,459th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name Niouf occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Niouf live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Aside from Morocco this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 5 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niuf891/
Niouv8010/
Gnouf802/
Nhouf801/
Nyouf801/
Naijuf73252/
N'Jouf7312/
Naiyuf735/
Nyoufe731/
Noiufe731/
Nehouf731/
Nihoof730/
Niub678/
Niehauf675/
Njuf673/
Naijufs673/
Niuw672/
Nyuf671/
Gnuf671/
N'Youff671/
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Niouf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Niouf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﻴﻮﻑanywf-

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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 Niouf
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