Nadhifa Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nadhifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nadhifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3061:150,91511,990
Indonesia2801:472,31938,999
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017

Nadhifa (4,787) may also be a first name.

Nadhifa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nadhifa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻈﻴﻔﻪ) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nadhifa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 544,808th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 12,393,786 people. Nadhifa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Nadhifa reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 98,832nd most widely held forename globally It is held by 4,787 people.

Nadhifa is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 306 people, or 1 in 150,915. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Wajir County, where 95 percent are found, Mandera County, where 3 percent are found and Garissa County, where 0 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 48 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nadhifah931,903/
Nadhifha9383/
Nadifa921,014/
Nadifah861,307/
Nadhifi8627/
Ngadifa869/
Nadiffa861/
Nadhiffi809/
Nahdifah808/
Nadheefa805/
Nadhivah801/
Nadifi774,761/
Nadifo77289/
Nadife7746/
Nadefa774/
Nadéfa771/
Nadheefaa751/
Nadefat7111/
Nnadife717/
Nodifah715/
Nadufah714/
Ngadifo712/
Nadiffi711/
Nedifah711/
Nadiffe711/
Nadhyfy711/
Nadifou711/
Nadeephai635/
Najdhefer631/
Nadefi6220/
Nodufa625/
Nedifo624/
Nadivah577/
Gnadefi571/
Nadiophe531/
Nasdefer530/
Neidifer530/
Neidiffer5067/
Neiddifer504/

Nadhifa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nadhifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻨﻈﻴﻔﻪalnzyfh66.67
ﺍﻟﻨﻈﻴﻔﺔalnzyft33.33

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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 Nadhifa
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