Nafissa Surname
Approximately 5,818 people bear this surname
Nafissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,558 | 1:5,837 | 710 |
| Chad | 770 | 1:17,652 | 2,191 |
| Niger | 628 | 1:30,561 | 1,729 |
| Burkina Faso | 567 | 1:32,367 | 1,781 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nafissa (122,804) may also be a first name.
Nafissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nafissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻔﻴﺴﻪ) is found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 83,233rd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,252,586 people. The surname Nafissa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nafissa live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa. Nafissa is also the 8,427th most commonly held given name globally It is held by 122,804 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3,558 people, or 1 in 5,837. In Cameroon Nafissa is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 74 percent live, North Region, where 19 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 13 percent live and Niger, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻔﻴﺴﻪ | nfysh | 67.65 |
| ﻧﻔﻴﺴﺔ | nfyst | 29.41 |
| ﻧﻔﻴﺲ | nfys | 2.94 |
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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 Nafissa
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