Nazafi Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Nazafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
Nazafi (34) may also be a first name.
Nazafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nazafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nazafi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nazafi.
How Common Is The Last Name Nazafi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Nazafi live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nazafi is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 34 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kano, where 90 percent live and Plateau, where 10 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 17 percent live and Afghanistan, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nazafiz | 92 | 16 | / |
| Nazapfi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nazafit | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nadzhafi | 86 | 26 | / |
| Najafi | 83 | 182,000 | / |
| Nasafi | 83 | 222 | / |
| Nacafi | 83 | 107 | / |
| Nazofi | 83 | 78 | / |
| Nezafi | 83 | 38 | / |
| Nazefi | 83 | 17 | / |
| Nazafa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nassafi | 77 | 273 | / |
| Nadjafi | 77 | 216 | / |
| Nazeefi | 77 | 14 | / |
| Norzafi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Najaffi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Najafai | 77 | 3 | / |
| Najjafi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nasaifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nasaufi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nazafee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nazhafy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naziefi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hnajafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngasafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nazaafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Najafei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nazafeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Najsafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naijafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nadzhafy | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nedzhafi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Najchafi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nazseefi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nauszafa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nasofi | 67 | 87 | / |
| Najafy | 67 | 32 | / |
| Nasafe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Nazefe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nasefi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Najafe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nezefi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nasafa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nazafi
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