Nafaru Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Nafaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Nafaru (77) may also be a first name.
Nafaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nafaru is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafaru? popularity and diffusion
Nafaru is the 1,994,173rd most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Nafaru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nafaru are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nafaru is also the 1,100,117th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 77 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 99 percent live and Sokoto, where 1 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Nafaru occurs in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nafaru
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