Raoufou Surname

572,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Raoufou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raoufou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin4771:21,6682,900
Niger461:417,21811,489
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Raoufou (2,486) may also be a first name.

Raoufou Last Name Facts

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

Raoufou occurs most in Benin. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Raoufou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Raoufou? popularity and diffusion

Raoufou is the 572,911th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name Raoufou occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Raoufou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Raoufou is also the 148,093rd most frequently held given name globally, borne by 2,486 people.

The surname Raoufou is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 21,668. In Benin Raoufou is mostly concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 40 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 16 percent are found and Donga Department, where 12 percent are found. Beside Benin this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.

Raoufou Last Name Statistics demography

Raoufou earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.13% less than the national average, earning $13,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raouffou934/
Rahoufou932/
Raofou922/
Raoufu922/
Raoufo921/
Raoufa773/
Rouafo771/
Raoufai714/
Raoufat714/
Rohutfu711/
Rouafoi711/
Raoufay711/
Raofu67103/
Raofa6739/
Roatfouch630/
Raoofa6217/
Raofee626/
Raofie622/
Raofat622/
Raofey621/
Rouafa621/
Raoffu621/
Rouafai576/
Raoofat571/
Royufai571/
Roafa5018/
Roafu501/

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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 Raoufou
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