Rifou Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Rifou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rifou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Rifou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rifou is held by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rifou.

How Common Is The Last Name Rifou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rifou is the 3,100,440th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Rifou are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Rifou is most frequent in Canada, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,842,280. In Canada Rifou is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 100 percent reside. Other than Canada this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 48 percent reside and Algeria, where 3 percent reside.

Rifou Last Name Statistics demography

Rifou earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 20.34% less than the national average, earning $39,576 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riffou9166/
Rizfou9116/
Rifoue9112/
Raifou911/
Rifo893,667/
Rifu89175/
Rifouya831/
Riffo8015,740/
Raifu8013,112/
Rifau80217/
Rifoe80138/
Ruifu8028/
Roifu8027/
Rifos8018/
Rifud8013/
Riffu8010/
Riofo808/
Raifo807/
Rifoh805/
Riefu803/
Rifus803/
Refou803/
Rifoy803/
Rifoi801/
Rifot801/
Ridfo801/
Ruifo801/
Rifoo801/
Riofu801/
Rifut800/
Rifaut73237/
Rifuji73124/
Rifaux7376/
Rifaud7332/
Riffos7328/
Raiffu7315/
Riffau738/
Rifuia737/
Raiffo736/
Ruifus735/
Refouh735/
Raifuh735/
Raifue734/
Reifut734/
Reifus734/
Raifod734/
Refoue731/
Riffot731/
Rifoya731/
Refoud731/
Rifiyo731/
Rifaju731/
Riffut730/
Richfouth710/
Rifa6714,052/
Riffaud672,580/
Refo671,227/
Riffaut67484/
Refu67198/
Reffouh67137/
Rifà6753/
Raifaud6748/
Rifault6722/
Raifuji6721/
Rifá678/
Reifuss676/
Ryfu674/
Rishfuy674/
Rhiepfu673/
Rjfu672/
Rishfau672/
Ridfuss672/
Reggifo671/
Rehfous671/
Riffeau671/
Riffeux671/
Rifoyho671/
Roifoit671/
Richfus670/
Riffuss670/

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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 Rifou
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