Nabufu Surname

959,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nabufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nabufu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2691:145,12712,981
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nabufu Last Name Facts

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

Nabufu occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nabufu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nabufu is the 959,117th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. Nabufu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nabufu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 145,127. In Uganda Nabufu is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 17 percent are found, Kampala District, where 12 percent are found and Mukono District, where 9 percent are found. Barring Uganda Nabufu is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nabuufu922,475/
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Nabufuu923/
Naabufu921/
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Nnabuufu863/
Nabuuffu861/
Nabuwffu861/
Nawufu831/
Nnawufou711/

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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 Nabufu
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