Naufa Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Naufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 42 | 1:9,623 | 768 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Naufa (137) may also be a first name.
Naufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Naufa (Bengali: নৌফা, Hindi: नौफआ) occurs in The Maldives more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Naufa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Naufa is the 2,273,756th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Naufa live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 790,880th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 137 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Maldives, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 9,623. In The Maldives Naufa is primarily concentrated in: Malé, where 31 percent live, Kaafu Atoll, where 24 percent live and Baa Atoll, where 7 percent live. Aside from The Maldives this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 34 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naufa in the Bengali language | ||
| নৌফা | naupha | - |
| Naufa in the Hindi language | ||
| नौफआ | naupha'a | - |
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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 Naufa
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