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
Navaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻓﻊ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Navaa? popularity and diffusion
Navaa is the 333,948th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,589,101 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Navaa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 703,581st most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 169 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,080 people, or 1 in 3,792. In Mauritania Navaa is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 15 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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