Roufaï Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Roufaï Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 264 | 1:39,150 | 5,034 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Roufai (7,643) & Roufaî (47) are calculated separately.
Roufaï (298) may also be a first name.
Roufaï Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roufaï Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roufaï occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Roufai or Roufaî. Click here to see other possible spellings of Roufaï.
How Common Is The Last Name Roufaï? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 961,438th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Roufaï is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Roufaï live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 510,666th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 298 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 39,150. In Benin Roufaï is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Donga Department, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Benin Roufaï is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent are found and The Congo, where 0 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 Roufaï
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