Nafisatou Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nafisatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafisatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1911:108,73912,726
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
France11:66,422,722504,397

Nafisatou (1,326) may also be a first name.

Nafisatou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nafisatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻔﻴﺴﺔ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nafisatou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafisatou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,210,518th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. Nafisatou occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nafisatou are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 61 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 215,753rd most common forename globally, borne by 1,326 people.

The last name Nafisatou is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 108,739. In Cameroon Nafisatou is most common in: Northwest Region, where 36 percent are found, North Region, where 17 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nafisatou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nafisatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻧﻔﻴﺴﺔnfyst-

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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 Nafisatou
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