Nfayo Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nfayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nfayo 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
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nfayo Last Name Facts

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

Nfayo is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nfayo? popularity and diffusion

Nfayo is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Nfayo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nfayo live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Nfayo is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 5,577,040. In Uganda Nfayo is mostly concentrated in: Bushenyi District, where 29 percent reside, Hoima District, where 14 percent reside and Lyantonde District, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nfaye801/
Mfayo801/
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Nfou678/
Mfay675/
Nfea674/
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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 Nfayo
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