Nafiru Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Romania

Nafiru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nafiru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria861:2,059,80071,823
Romania541:371,81231,284
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nafiru (214) may also be a first name.

Nafiru Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nafiru (Hindi: नफीरू, Marathi: नाफीरु) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nafiru.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafiru? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,459,453rd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Nafiru is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Nafiru live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nafiru is also the 617,781st most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 214 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kebbi, where 24 percent live, Zamfara, where 24 percent live and Kano, where 22 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 37 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nafairus861/
Ngafirou861/
Nafuru83976/
Nefiru83105/
Nofiru836/
Naferou7715/
Naferau771/
Naferous711/
Neferu67500/
Nefuru6726/
Nofuru678/
Nnefuru621/
Nofuruh621/
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Nafiru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nafiru in the Hindi language
नफीरूnaphiru71.43
नफीरुnaphiru28.57
Nafiru in the Marathi language
नाफीरुnaphiru50
नफीरुnaphiru50

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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 Nafiru
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