Nafary Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Norway

Nafary Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafary Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Nafary Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nafary occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafary? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Nafary reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Nafary is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Nafary is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 8 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naufary923/
Nafare83274/
Nafari83271/
Nafara8366/
Nefary832/
Naffari7710/
Nafarha779/
Nafaris777/
Naufara777/
Nazfari777/
Nafeery773/
Ngafari772/
Nahfari771/
Nafaira771/
Naafari771/
Neafara771/
Nafared771/
Nafarid771/
Nafarie771/
Nafoury771/
Naifara771/
Naifari771/
Nhafare771/
Nafario771/
Nafareh771/
Naforay771/
Nefariy771/
Nafarieh7146/
Nashfari7112/
Naiphary714/
Nafaraja713/
Nasfarri711/
Nafforey711/
Nefari67161/
Nafere67143/
Nafora6788/
Nafore6786/
Nofery6745/
Naferi6734/
Nefare6711/
Nofari679/
Nofara674/
Nafori672/
Nazfareed671/
Néfari671/

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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 Nafary
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