Nefta Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nefta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nefta Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
Ukraine111:4,138,427206,719
Israel61:1,426,27275,466

Nefta (128) may also be a first name.

Nefta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nefta (Russian: Нефта) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nefta is the 2,944,094th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. Nefta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Nefta reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Nefta is also the 821,896th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 128 people.

It is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon Nefta is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 25 percent live and Israel, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neftah91280/
Nehefta832/
Neftaha831/
Nefti80812/
Nafta8036/
Nofta8027/
Nefte8019/
Nefté801/
Nefty801/
Newta801/
Nevta801/
Niftah7329/
Nefteh7316/
Naftah736/
Neftes733/
Naftau732/
Niefty732/
Neybta731/
Nevtad731/
Neifto731/
Neftiy731/
Nefter731/
Newtha730/
Nevtash671/
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Nefta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nefta in the Russian language
Нефтаnefta-

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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 Nefta
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