Nimfa Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nimfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nimfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3111:569,59127,605
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Nimfa (28,189) may also be a first name.

Nimfa Last Name Facts

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

Nimfa (Hindi: निम्फा, Russian: Нимфа) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nimfa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 833,931st most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nimfa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 29,251st most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 28,189 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 569,591. In Nigeria Nimfa is most frequent in: Plateau, where 89 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found and Rivers, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.

Nimfa Last Name Statistics demography

Nimfa earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.72% less than the national average, earning $33,344 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nimfas91841/
Nimfat9135/
Ngimfa912/
Nimfai911/
Nimfah911/
Gnimfa911/
Ninfa80214/
Nimfo8040/
Nemfa801/
Ngimfe7348/
Ninfas7327/
Nemfat7325/
Ninfea738/
Ninfaz731/
Ninfah731/
Nemfas731/
Nemfap731/
Nimpha731/
Nympfa730/
Nimpfer6765/
Nimphas6758/
Nimphat674/
Ngninfa671/

Nimfa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nimfa in the Hindi language
निम्फाnimpha-
Nimfa in the Russian language
Нимфаnimfa-

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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 Nimfa
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