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 surname Navaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻓﻊ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Navaa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 333,948th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,589,101 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Navaa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Navaa is also the 703,581st most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 169 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1,080 people, or 1 in 3,792. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 15 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent reside. Other than Mauritania Navaa occurs 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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