Saifou Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Saifou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Saifou (30) may also be a first name.
Saifou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saifou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saifou is found most frequently in Niger. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saifou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Saifou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Saifou is also the 1,911,214th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 30 people.
This surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger Saifou is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 39 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 33 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Niger Saifou is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Saifou
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