Nadifo Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nadifo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nadifo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2761:167,31812,883
Somalia91:1,494,6733,608
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nadifo (22,294) may also be a first name.

Nadifo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nadifo occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nadifo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 917,199th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name Nadifo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nadifo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 34,852nd most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 22,294 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 167,318. In Kenya Nadifo is primarily concentrated in: Garissa County, where 99 percent reside, Mandera County, where 0 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 0 percent reside. Barring Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Nadifo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nadifo last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngadifo922/
Nadifou921/
Nadifa831,014/
Nedifo834/
Nadifah771,307/
Nadhifa77588/
Ngadifa779/
Nadiffa771/
Nadhifah711,903/
Nadhifha7183/
Nahdifah718/
Nadefa674/
Nedefo671/
Nadéfa671/
Nadefat6211/
Nadivah627/
Nodifah625/
Nadufah624/
Nodipho622/
Nedifah621/
Nadheefa575/
Nadhivah571/
Nadheefaa531/

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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 Nadifo
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