Nafeeu Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Maldives

Nafeeu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafeeu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Maldives11:404,1727,269

Nafeeu (4) may also be a first name.

Nafeeu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nafeeu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafeeu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Nafeeu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Nafeeu reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nafeeu is also the 6,192,526th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 4 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Gombe, where 33 percent live, Kaduna, where 33 percent live and Sokoto, where 33 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nafehu831/
Nafiuee771/
Nafiu7343,354/
Nafyu731/
Nafiou679,017/
Nafihu6771/
Nafius6740/
Naafiu6726/
Nafiua6711/
Naufiu6711/
Naifiu675/
Nafiju674/
Nafiut673/
Naffiu673/
Nafi'u672/
Nafiuj671/
Nefieu671/
Nafaau671/
Nafoiu671/
Nafiuy671/
Nafiue671/

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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 Nafeeu
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