Ninfas Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ninfas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ninfas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Ninfas (38) may also be a first name.

Ninfas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ninfas occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ninfas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Ninfas live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ninfas is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 38 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 95 percent reside and Borno, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 26 percent reside and Mexico, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ninfa91214/
Ninfaase861/
Nimfas83841/
Ninfea838/
Ninfah831/
Ninfaz831/
Neunfas772/
Ninfosì771/
Ngninfa771/
Nimfa73331/
Ninfo73124/
Nenfa7338/
Ninpha67267/
Nimfat6735/
Ninfei6735/
Nienfo674/
Ninfoo672/
Ngimfa672/
Nimfai671/
Nemfas671/
Gnimfa671/

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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 Ninfas
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