Nafisu Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nafisu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nafisu 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
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Nafisu (159) may also be a first name.

Nafisu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nafisu (Hindi: नफीसु) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafisu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Nafisu reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nafisu is also the 727,628th most frequent given name globally, borne by 159 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 32 percent live, Sokoto, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 21 percent live. Not including Nigeria Nafisu exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent live and Kenya, where 4 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
Nafisou923/
Nafishu921/
Nafisus921/
Nafisau921/
Nafissou8612/
Nafiju834/
Nafizu831/
Nafaissou801/
Nafiessou801/
Nafeesu7711/
Nafizou773/
Naffiessou7518/
Noufissou67136/
Noufiossou631/
Nafeezu621/
Nouffessou501/
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Nafisu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nafisu in the Hindi language
नफीसुnaphisu52.63
नफीसूnaphisu39.47
नफीसाnaphisa2.63
नफीसnaphisa2.63
नफिसुnaphisu2.63

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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 Nafisu
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