Wafou Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Wafou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wafou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Wafou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wafou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wafou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wafou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wafou is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wafou are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 43 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Wafou is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 50 percent reside, North Region, where 19 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Wafou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 19 percent reside and Niger, where 5 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
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  • 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 Wafou
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