Pafou Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Pafou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pafou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Pafou (14) may also be a first name.

Pafou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pafou is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pafou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Pafou is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Pafou reside; 50 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 50 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held given name at a global level, held by 14 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada Pafou is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 100 percent live. Besides Canada it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 25 percent live and Greece, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pafu8953/
Pafo897/
Pafouet831/
Pafos8045/
Phafu8022/
Papfo8021/
Paifo809/
Paffo808/
Pafut807/
Phafo807/
Pafoo801/
Paifu801/
Pofou801/
Pafuo801/
Peafo801/
Paffos7315/
Pafoya7311/
Paffoy732/
Phatfu731/
Poufou731/
Phaifu731/
Pafejo731/
Patfeu731/
Paufup731/
Paffau730/
Pafa67162/
Pofu67157/
Pofo6714/
Phaphou672/
Paifauy671/
Poufoup671/
Pafautz671/
Payfoot670/

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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 Pafou
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