Nawafi Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nawafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Nawafi (34) may also be a first name.

Nawafi Last Name Facts

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

Nawafi is most common in Indonesia. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nawafi.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawafi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nawafi are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 3,391,005. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 87 percent are found and East Java, where 13 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Oman, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nowafi8317/
Nawafa834/
Nabafi832/
Navafi831/
Nawafeh7733/
Navafa671/
Navefi671/
Nabofi671/
Nobafi671/
Navafe671/
Nawapha624/
Noobafi621/
Navaphit572/
Nnabaife571/
Nabofe5021/
Nowofe503/

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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 Nawafi
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