Nafwa Surname

312,208th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Nafwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq8491:41,2501,755
Kenya2011:229,75116,196
Uganda1271:307,39621,163
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nafwa (10) may also be a first name.

Nafwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nafwa is more commonly found in Iraq than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nafwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 312,208th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,047,756 people. The last name Nafwa is mostly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Nafwa are found; 72 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Levant. Nafwa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 10 people.

It is most frequent in Iraq, where it is held by 849 people, or 1 in 41,250. Excluding Iraq Nafwa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 17 percent live and Uganda, where 11 percent live.

Nafwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nafwa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nafwaja831/
Nafua80140/
Nofwa801/
Navwa801/
Nafwe801/
Ngafua73794/
Nafuad736/
Nnawba731/
Navwea731/
Naivwa731/
Naibwa731/
Naphwa731/
Ngaifua6753/
Ngafuah6737/
Nahabwa6730/
Nasfuad674/
Navwaya672/
Nafuhaa671/

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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 Nafwa
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