Noufou Surname
Approximately 9,120 people bear this surname
Noufou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8,072 | 1:2,378 | 254 |
| Benin | 652 | 1:15,852 | 2,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 380 | 1:60,714 | 3,557 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Noufou (44,557) may also be a first name.
Noufou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Noufou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Noufou occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Noufou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Noufou is the 55,674th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 799,073 people. The last name Noufou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Noufou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 20,336th most common first name in the world, borne by 44,557 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 8,072 people, or 1 in 2,378. In Niger Noufou is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 45 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 40 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Niger this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Noufou
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