Nofia Surname

362,265th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 998 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Nofia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nofia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia9831:134,53613,419
Solomon Islands61:96,67218,437
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Nofia (3,021) may also be a first name.

Nofia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nofia occurs most in Indonesia. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nofia.

How Common Is The Last Name Nofia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 362,265th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,302,150 people. Nofia occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nofia live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nofia is also the 131,561st most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 3,021 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 983 people, or 1 in 134,536. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Sumatra, where 26 percent reside, East Java, where 22 percent reside and Banten, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia Nofia occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nofiah91184/
Ngofia9120/
Noufia9111/
Nofiat913/
Noutfia83140/
Ngoffia837/
Ngoufia832/
Nafia804,609/
Nefia8079/
Nofio809/
Nofya807/
Nafiah7313,815/
Noviah73314/
Nafiaa73206/
Nafiat73111/
Nafiha7367/
Nafija7351/
Naafia7312/
Nefiah734/
Ngafia734/
Nafi'a734/
Nafias732/
Ngofio732/
Noifea731/
Nnefia731/
Naffia731/
Nofioh731/
Naafiah6753/
Naffiah6717/
Naafiaa6716/
Nafi'ah6716/
Napfiah674/
Nafihah673/
Hnafiah672/
Ngophia671/
Nafijat671/
Nafiaha671/
Nophias671/
Nafiaou671/

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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 Nofia
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