Nafah Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Nafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 92 | 1:1,941,781 | 18,932 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nafah (388) may also be a first name.
Nafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nafah (Arabic: نافعه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻓﻊ) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nafah.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,168,344th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Nafah live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 49 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 439,750th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 388 people.
The surname is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 1,941,781. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Balochistan, where 95 percent reside, Sindh, where 3 percent reside and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan Nafah is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent reside and Israel, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻓﻊ | naf | - |
| Nafah in the Arabic language | ||
| نافعه | nafh | - |
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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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- 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 Nafah
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