Nafisat Surname

559,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nafisat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafisat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5641:314,08317,382
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Nafisat (61,394) may also be a first name.

Nafisat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nafisat (Hindi: नफीसत, Marathi: नफीसत) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafisat? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 559,940th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nafisat are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nafisat is also the 15,573rd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 61,394 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 314,083. In Nigeria Nafisat is primarily concentrated in: Niger, where 11 percent reside, Oyo, where 10 percent reside and Kano, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nafisat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nafisat in the Hindi language
नफीसतnaphisata-
Nafisat in the Marathi language
नफीसतnaphisata-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nafisat
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