Yafissou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Yafissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Yafissou (113) may also be a first name.
Yafissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yafissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yafissou is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Yafissou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yafissou? popularity and diffusion
Yafissou is the 5,587,209th most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Yafissou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yafissou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. Yafissou is also the 881,625th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 113 people.
It is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Niamey Capital District, where 70 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 20 percent live and Dosso Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Niger this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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 Yafissou
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