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 last name Nafo (Arabic: نفو, Hindi: नफो) is held by more people in Mali than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafo? popularity and diffusion
Nafo is the 276,726th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,201,674 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Nafo live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Mande Africa. Nafo is also the 261,626th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 953 people.
The last name Nafo is most widely held in Mali, where it is borne by 774 people, or 1 in 21,924. Other than Mali this surname occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 25 percent reside and Pakistan, where 5 percent reside.
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
- 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 Nafo
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