Navaa Surname
Approximately 1,106 people bear this surname
Navaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,080 | 1:3,792 | 458 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Navaa (169) may also be a first name.
Navaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Navaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Navaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻓﻊ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Navaa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 333,948th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,589,101 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Navaa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Navaa is also the 703,581st most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 169 people.
The surname Navaa is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1,080 people, or 1 in 3,792. In Mauritania Navaa is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent live, Assaba Region, where 15 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent live. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Navaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Navaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻓﻊ | naf | 82.61 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻊ | alnaf | 11.88 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻔﺎﻉ | alnfa | 3.77 |
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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 Navaa
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