Narafa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Niger

Narafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Narafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Niger41:4,798,00475,547
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Narafa (17) may also be a first name.

Narafa Last Name Facts

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

Narafa is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Narafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Narafa live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Narafa is most prevalent in: Jharkhand, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 36 percent reside and Nigeria, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngarafah864/
Nasrafat861/
Narafi8314/
Narafe834/
Norafa831/
Narafo831/
Narefa831/
Narofah779/
Naroofa771/
Narofat771/
Norafat771/
Nasrafahaj751/
Naraphai71335/
Naraphat7155/
Noorafat711/
Natrapha711/
Nerofa6766/
Norefa6732/
Narofi6710/
Nerefa676/
Naraphatt671/

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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 Narafa
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