Naafa Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Naafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 166 | 1:235,176 | 17,864 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Naafa (10) may also be a first name.
Naafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Naafa is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Naafa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,276,805th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Naafa are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Naafa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name in the world, borne by 10 people.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 235,176. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Bugiri District, where 20 percent are found, Busia District, where 13 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Naafa
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