Anafa Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Anafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 129 | 1:148,775 | 5,453 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Anafa (196) may also be a first name.
Anafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anafa (Hindi: अनाफा) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,006,539th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Anafa are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Anafa is also the 648,004th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 196 people.
The surname Anafa is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 148,775. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 73 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 12 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 9 percent reside. Barring Niger this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anafa in the Hindi language | ||
| अनाफा | anapha | - |
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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 Anafa
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