Minafa Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Minafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Minafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea821:99,43613,359
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Minafa (28) may also be a first name.

Minafa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Minafa (Hindi: मिनफा) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Minafa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,020,555th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Minafa live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 99,436. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 73 percent are found, Chimbu, where 17 percent are found and Northern, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Minafaa921/
Minafo83227/
Munafa83218/
Minafi83150/
Minofa834/
Minafò834/
Menafa832/
Minafe831/
Minapha77163/
Minafee7760/
Munafah7729/
Menafat7712/
Menafas771/
Meinafo771/
Minaifi771/
Munnafa771/
Munaifa771/
Munaffa771/
Menaifa771/
Munafaah7133/
Munaifah7110/
Moinapha711/
Mehnafat711/
Minaffet711/
Munafo673,859/
Munofa67210/
Munafó6727/
Menafo6720/
Menafi6718/
Munefa6716/
Minofy679/
Menafy674/
Menefa672/
Mainaffey672/
Munafõ671/
Minofi671/
Minofo671/
Muinaphai671/

Minafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Minafa in the Hindi language
मिनफाminapha-

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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
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  • 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 Minafa
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