Nofin Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nofin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nofin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Nofin (242) may also be a first name.

Nofin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nofin is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nofin? popularity and diffusion

Nofin is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Nofin occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Nofin live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nofin is also the 574,510th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 242 people.

The surname Nofin is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Nofin is most frequent in: Lagos, where 57 percent reside and Ogun, where 43 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noufin9117/
Nofion9111/
Nofina9110/
Notfin914/
Noefin911/
Noffin911/
Noufina833/
Ngofina831/
Noufing831/
Nouffin831/
Nafin80110/
Nofen8081/
Nofim8014/
Nefin804/
Naffin73606/
Nafion73158/
Nafina7338/
Ngafin7334/
Nafing7320/
Nafien7313/
Neffin7311/
Nasfin7310/
Ngofen732/
Nophin732/
Nhofen731/
Nafgin731/
Nefienė67108/
Ngafina6795/
Naffien6792/
Nöfn674/
Nefn673/
Ngaffin673/
Gnafing671/
Nashfin671/
Naffion671/
Nouphin671/

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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 Nofin
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