Samafou Surname
Approximately 1,509 people bear this surname
Samafou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,444 | 1:9,413 | 1,247 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Samafou (867) may also be a first name.
Samafou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samafou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samafou is more frequently found in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Samafou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samafou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 260,307th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,829,388 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samafou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 276,394th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 867 people.
The last name Samafou is most numerous in Chad, where it is borne by 1,444 people, or 1 in 9,413. Without taking into account Chad it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sammafou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Samafu | 92 | 153 | / |
| Samafo | 92 | 15 | / |
| Shamafu | 86 | 96 | / |
| Zamafou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Siamafu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Soumafou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shamapfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Somafu | 77 | 170 | / |
| Samafa | 77 | 82 | / |
| Zamafu | 77 | 62 | / |
| Somafue | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shamafa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shomafu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sammapho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sammaphot | 63 | 100 | / |
| Somafa | 62 | 4 | / |
| Zomafo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Samofa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Samofat | 57 | 33 | / |
| Samofad | 57 | 4 | / |
| Samavah | 57 | 3 | / |
| Shomofu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Seymafa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Samaphat | 53 | 13 | / |
| Samaapha | 53 | 4 | / |
| Sommapho | 53 | 1 | / |
| Samaphai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Zamafaya | 53 | 1 | / |
| Samofaya | 53 | 1 | / |
| Soumeafa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Samaaphat | 50 | 242 | / |
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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 Samafou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis