Nilufa Surname

67,052nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Nilufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nilufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh7,1191:22,3851,560
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
India71:109,580,769786,157
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Nilufa (100,412) may also be a first name.

Nilufa Last Name Facts

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

Nilufa (Bengali: নিলুফা, Hindi: नीलूफा, Oriya: ନିଲୁଫା) is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nilufa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nilufa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 67,052nd most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 981,488 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nilufa live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 10,151st most prevalent first name on earth, held by 100,412 people.

The surname Nilufa is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is held by 7,119 people, or 1 in 22,385. Barring Bangladesh Nilufa is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 4 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Nilufa Last Name Statistics demography

Nilufa earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 28.16% less than the national average, earning $35,693 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nailufa9227/
Nilufah922/
Nailufah8646/
Nailufat862/
Nelufa831,443/
Nulufa831/
Nilufer7723/
Niloofa778/
Nilupha771/
Nailuthfah759/
Niloufer7139/
Nailifah7128/
Nailufer712/
Niluffer711/
Nelifa671/
Nailoufer671/
Neylufer5734/
Neloufer575/
Neelufer572/
Neeloufer533/

Nilufa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nilufa in the Oriya language
ନିଲୁଫାnilupha-
Nilufa in the Bengali language
নিলুফাnilupha89.74
নীলুফাnilupha10.26
Nilufa in the Hindi language
नीलूफाnilupha40
नीलुफाnilupha40
निलूफाnilupha20

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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
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  • 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 Nilufa
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