Nafo Surname
Approximately 1,401 people bear this surname
Nafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 774 | 1:21,924 | 790 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Pakistan | 65 | 1:2,748,367 | 23,130 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Burkina Faso | 43 | 1:426,793 | 6,388 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nafo (953) may also be a first name.
Nafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nafo (Arabic: نفو, Hindi: नफो) is found most frequently in Mali. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 276,726th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,201,674 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Nafo live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 261,626th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 953 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Mali, where it is held by 774 people, or 1 in 21,924. Aside from Mali this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 25 percent are found and Pakistan, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafo in the Hindi language | ||
| नफो | napho | - |
| Nafo in the Arabic language | ||
| نفو | nfw | - |
| نفعو | nfw | - |
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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 Nafo
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