Ndafa Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ndafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe751:205,84323,645
Senegal201:728,9672,654
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Ndafa (39) may also be a first name.

Ndafa Last Name Facts

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

Ndafa is most common in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndafa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Ndafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ndafa reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 39 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 205,843. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 75 percent live, Midlands Province, where 24 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 19 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Dafa917/
Ndaifa914/
Ndaffa913/
Ndaafa911/
Ndafai911/
Ndafha911/
Ndahafa8319/
Ndofa80153/
Ndafe8075/
Ndafi8051/
Ndefa805/
Ndafo804/
Ndoofa7352/
Ndafio7341/
Ndafeu7340/
Ndoufa7332/
Ndefai7329/
Ndaffe739/
Ndavah734/
Ndeafo734/
Ndeufa732/
Ndefah731/
Ndoefa731/
Ndoffa731/
Ndhafo731/
Ndhafe731/
Ndafie731/
Ndafet731/
Ndeffa731/
Ndouffa6725/
Ndaufot6711/
N'Daffo679/
Ndaffeu673/
Ndeufai672/
N'Deffa671/
Ndoufai671/
Ndeuffa671/
Ndeufah671/
Ndafije671/
Ndaffou671/

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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 Ndafa
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