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
Anafa (Hindi: अनाफा) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Anafa is the 1,006,539th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name Anafa is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Anafa live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Chadic Africa. Anafa is also the 648,004th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 196 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 148,775. In Niger Anafa is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 73 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 12 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Niger this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
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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