Nafata Surname
Approximately 624 people bear this surname
Nafata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 332 | 1:62,557 | 7,987 |
| Mexico | 289 | 1:429,502 | 8,251 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Nafata (84) may also be a first name.
Nafata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nafata is most common in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafata? popularity and diffusion
Nafata is the 521,266th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,678,759 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Nafata are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,046,220th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 84 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 332 people, or 1 in 62,557. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 51 percent are found, North Region, where 43 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 46 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nafaita | 92 | 8 | / |
| Naffata | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ngafata | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nahfata | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngafatta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nahafata | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nafate | 83 | 2,909 | / |
| Nafati | 83 | 551 | / |
| Nafota | 83 | 82 | / |
| Nafeta | 83 | 19 | / |
| Nafato | 83 | 2 | / |
| Naffati | 77 | 410 | / |
| Naffate | 77 | 85 | / |
| Nazfati | 77 | 11 | / |
| Nafatte | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nafatou | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nafeate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nhafate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neafate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naphata | 77 | 1 | / |
| Najfati | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nafouta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nafathe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nafatez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nafates | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nafahati | 71 | 2 | / |
| Naffatti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nafote | 67 | 96 | / |
| Nafoto | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nofati | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nofota | 67 | 7 | / |
| Náfate | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nafoti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nefeta | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nafata
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