Nafana Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Niger

Nafana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Niger431:446,32612,119
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nafana (90) may also be a first name.

Nafana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nafana (Russian: Нафана) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafana? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,775,494th most widespread family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Nafana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nafana are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 90 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,128,702. In South Africa Nafana is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 77 percent live, Western Cape, where 21 percent live and Gauteng, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Nafana occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 40 percent live and Mali, where 8 percent live.

Nafana Last Name Statistics demography

Nafana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.03% less than the national average, earning R 33,192 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nafaana9211/
Nafanna9211/
Ngafana929/
Nnafana926/
Nafanga923/
Nafaina922/
Naifana921/
Nasfana921/
Nafayna921/
Nofana8313/
Nafani8312/
Nafane834/
Nafany834/
Nafona831/
Ngafani7742/
Nafhani7738/
Ngofana7736/
Nafaini7711/
Nafaani779/
Naufani779/
Nafatni779/
Naphana772/
Nasfane771/
Naifano771/
Nafanne771/
Nofanga771/
Ngafane771/
Nafamni771/
Nafatny771/
Naifane771/
Nafaniy771/
Navanah771/
Nafanets71132/
Naphanga7118/
Ngofanga719/
Nafanych715/
Naufeena714/
Gnafouna713/
Nafanich713/
Naphatna711/
Ngoufana711/
Nafaatni711/
Ngafanou711/
Nofani6755/
Nafono6719/
Gnafougna6712/
Nasfahani678/
Nofane672/
Nafahanyi672/
Natphatna671/
Nafony671/
Nafoni671/

Nafana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nafana in the Russian language
Нафанаnafana-

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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 Nafana
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