Ninifa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ninifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ninifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ninifa (22) may also be a first name.

Ninifa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ninifa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ninifa? popularity and diffusion

Ninifa is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Ninifa live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Ninifa is also the 2,301,746th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 22 people.

The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Ninifa is most numerous in: West Sepik, where 90 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ninifea921/
Ninifi8341/
Ninife8333/
Ninifo8310/
Ninifé831/
Ninifie7723/
Nunifah772/
Gninife771/
Ngninifi712/
Ninifosh711/
Nenefa678/
Ninefo671/
Nenife671/
Ninevah621/
Gninefe621/
Ngenifo621/
Nengefa621/
Noinupha572/
Ngnenifi571/
Gninefou571/
Nenefe5032/
Nenefo501/

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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 Ninifa
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