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.
Nafa Demographics
Average Nafa Salary in
United States
$43,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Nafá. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,135th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,181,509 people. Nafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Nafa reside; 65 percent reside in North Africa and 58 percent reside in Mahgreb. Nafa is also the 112,978th most frequent first name globally It is held by 3,862 people.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 3,393 people, or 1 in 11,386. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Annaba Province, where 31 percent live, Jijel Province, where 24 percent live and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria Nafa is found in 63 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live and Israel, where 7 percent live.
Nafa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nafa last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political 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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- 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 Nafa
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