Roufai Surname
Approximately 7,643 people bear this surname
Roufai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6,206 | 1:3,092 | 313 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Benin | 612 | 1:16,888 | 2,280 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Roufaï (271) & Roufaî (47) are calculated separately.
Roufai (12,499) may also be a first name.
Roufai Demographics
Average Roufai Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Roufai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roufai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roufai is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Roufaï or Roufaî. For other possible spellings of Roufai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roufai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 65,314th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 953,493 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Roufai live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 52,714th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 12,499 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 6,206 people, or 1 in 3,092. In Niger Roufai is most common in: Zinder Region, where 41 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 35 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Niger this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 10 percent reside and Benin, where 8 percent reside.
Roufai Last Name Statistics demography
Roufai earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.
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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 Roufai
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