Nafiwu Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Nafiwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nafiwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafiwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nafiwu is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafiwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nafiwu is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Nafiwu reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nafiwu is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Other than Ghana it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.
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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
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