Nofal Surname

9,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58,177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Palestine

Nofal Surname User-submission:

This is an Arabic surname, meaning 'generous man' or 'the man beautiful face'.

Nofal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt21,3551:4,305575
Jordan11,2841:784104
Saudi Arabia8,4671:3,644489
Palestine6,1081:74591
Iraq3,7881:9,245741
Syria2,4021:8,035784
Lebanon2,0111:2,803525
Yemen7051:37,4833,308
United States4001:906,14768,222
Indonesia3081:429,38036,011
United Arab Emirates2561:35,7903,775
Kuwait2411:15,7712,101
Argentina1451:294,78223,564
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Pakistan841:2,126,71319,920
Qatar721:32,7503,419
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Canada491:751,95159,756
Chile351:503,32812,866
England331:1,688,42669,999
Australia321:843,61652,533
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Venezuela211:1,438,28919,453
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
France151:4,428,181244,602
Israel121:713,13647,700
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Libya91:693,7751,982
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Nofal (36,301) may also be a first name.

Nofal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is an Arabic surname, meaning 'generous man' or 'the man beautiful face'.

- nofaly

Nofal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nofal (Marathi: नोफाल, Russian: Нофал) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nofal? popularity and diffusion

Nofal is the 9,707th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 125,265 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Nofal live; 61 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Levant. It is also the 24,029th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 36,301 people.

It is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 21,355 people, or 1 in 4,305. Besides Egypt this last name occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 19 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 15 percent are found.

Nofal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Nofal last name is primarily Maronite (39%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Nofal last name are 5.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.46% being registered with the party.

The amount Nofal earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 129.22% more than the national average, earning R 544,716 per year; in United States they earn 10.51% more than the national average, earning $47,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.5% more than the national average, earning $52,415 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noufal916,396/
Nowfal91668/
Nofall91122/
Noofal9139/
Noffal9129/
Nofail914/
Nofale914/
Notfal912/
Novfal911/
Noufail83239/
Noofaal834/
Noufale833/
Noufalp831/
Nousfal831/
Nouffal831/
Nafal80170/
Nefal8057/
Noufalph771/
Nossfall770/
Nawfal739,058/
Naufal737,661/
Nophal73305/
Nafale7381/
Navfal736/
Gnofol732/
Nefail732/
Nasfal732/
Naffal731/
Newfal731/
Naafal731/
Nafail731/
Ngafal731/
Nophale67139/
Nauffal6776/
Naufhal6726/
Nawfale674/
Nouphal673/
Nofoule671/
Nafalle671/
Noufole671/
Nafasil671/
Noophal671/

Nofal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nofal in the Marathi language
नोफालnophala50
नोफलnophala33.33
नोफळnophala16.67
Nofal in the Russian language
Нофалnofal-

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