Nouffou Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Nouffou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 77 | 1:299,626 | 11,268 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
Nouffou (510) may also be a first name.
Nouffou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouffou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nouffou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouffou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,955,159th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Nouffou live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 374,596th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 510 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 299,626. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Lacs District, where 42 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent reside and Comoé District, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent reside and Niger, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Nouffou
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