Nafa Surname
Approximately 6,168 people bear this surname
Nafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,393 | 1:11,386 | 2,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Israel | 458 | 1:18,685 | 2,787 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Indonesia | 201 | 1:657,956 | 51,506 |
| Pakistan | 172 | 1:1,038,627 | 13,265 |
| Uganda | 115 | 1:339,472 | 22,545 |
| Niger | 96 | 1:199,917 | 6,754 |
| Mauritania | 68 | 1:60,219 | 4,226 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Benin | 45 | 1:229,680 | 20,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Maldives | 8 | 1:50,522 | 2,455 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
The alternate forms: Nafá (1) are calculated separately.
Nafa (3,862) may also be a first name.
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Nafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nafa (Arabic: نفاع, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻓﻊ, Hindi: नफा, Russian: Нафа) is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Nafá. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 79,135th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,181,509 people. The last name Nafa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Nafa live; 65 percent live in North Africa and 58 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 112,978th most numerous first name in the world, held by 3,862 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 3,393 people, or 1 in 11,386. In Algeria Nafa is most frequent in: Annaba Province, where 31 percent reside, Jijel Province, where 24 percent reside and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Algeria it exists in 63 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.
Nafa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nafa surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nafa earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 0.81% more than the national average, earning $43,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.13% less than the national average, earning $32,728 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafa in the Hindi language | ||
| नफा | napha | 91.67 |
| नाफा | napha | 5 |
| नफ़ | nafa | 3.33 |
| Nafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻓﻊ | naf | 76.74 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻔﺎﻉ | alnfa | 13.95 |
| ﻧﺎﻓﺎ | nafa | 4.65 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻊ | alnaf | 4.65 |
| Nafa in the Russian language | ||
| Нафа | nafa | - |
| Nafa in the Arabic language | ||
| نفاع | nfa | - |
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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
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