Nafisatu Surname

348,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,048 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Nafisatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafisatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5531:320,33017,617
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Cameroon1471:141,28615,748
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Nafisatu (30,411) may also be a first name.

Nafisatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nafisatu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafisatu? popularity and diffusion

Nafisatu is the 348,561st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,953,765 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nafisatu live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 27,616th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 30,411 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 553 people, or 1 in 320,330. In Nigeria Nafisatu is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 23 percent reside, Bauchi, where 13 percent reside and Taraba, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.

Nafisatu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.

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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 Nafisatu
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