Nanfa Surname
Approximately 1,231 people bear this surname
Nanfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 659 | 1:268,805 | 15,334 |
| Cameroon | 490 | 1:42,386 | 5,631 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nanfa (5,327) may also be a first name.
Nanfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nanfa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻧﻔﺎ, Hindi: ननफा) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Nanfa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanfa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 307,015th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,920,021 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nanfa live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 92,452nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 5,327 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 659 people, or 1 in 268,805. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 77 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 40 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanfah | 91 | 682 | / |
| Nainfa | 91 | 21 | / |
| Nanfaa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nanfat | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nanffa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nanfaï | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nanfai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nanfaah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Namfa | 80 | 246 | / |
| Nanfo | 80 | 38 | / |
| Nanfe | 80 | 38 | / |
| Nanfi | 80 | 27 | / |
| Nonfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gnanfo | 73 | 32 | / |
| Nganfo | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nganfi | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nanfei | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nanfie | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nganfe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngonfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nounfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nonfas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gnamfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngamfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nganfé | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nanffo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nanfio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nainfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nanfit | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gnanfou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nanphat | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngnamfa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nganfou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanfout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanfesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanfeeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naynfoh | 67 | 1 | / |
Nanfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nanfa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻧﻔﺎ | nanfa | - |
| Nanfa in the Hindi language | ||
| ननफा | nanapha | - |
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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 Nanfa
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