Nalfa Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nalfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nalfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nalfa (97) may also be a first name.

Nalfa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nalfa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nalfa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nalfa is the 3,017,195th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Nalfa reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nalfa is also the 962,660th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 97 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 76 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naulfa918/
Naulfah836/
Nolfa8011/
Nalfi808/
Nalfo801/
Nalfio733/
Ngolfa731/
Naulfo731/
Nalfis731/
Nolfo601,149/
Nolfi60683/
Nolfe6086/
Nolfy603/
Gnolfo55112/
Gnolfi559/
Nolfii552/
Ngolfo551/
Nolfoy551/
Ngoulfe501/

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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 Nalfa
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