Sefou Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Sefou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 472 | 1:21,897 | 2,929 |
| Niger | 42 | 1:456,953 | 12,306 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Sefou (612) may also be a first name.
Sefou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sefou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Sefou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sefou is the 559,940th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sefou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 337,693rd most frequent first name in the world It is held by 612 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 472 people, or 1 in 21,897. In Benin Sefou is most prevalent in: Ouémé Department, where 28 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 19 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 15 percent reside. Not including Benin it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 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 Sefou
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