Norefa Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

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

Norefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Norefa (43) may also be a first name.

Norefa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Norefa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Norefa? popularity and diffusion

Norefa is the 3,485,539th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Norefa is primarily found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Norefa live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 43 people.

Norefa is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea Norefa is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 87 percent are found, National Capital District, where 10 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 3 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea Norefa exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noorefa921/
Norifa8385/
Nurefa8362/
Nerefa836/
Norafa831/
Narefa831/
Nurzefa774/
Noroifa773/
Nureffa771/
Norifah771/
Nasreefa711/
Nurziefa711/
Nerofa6766/
Norifo6762/
Nurifa6719/
Narafa6711/
Narifa675/
Norhaifah671/
Norifi671/
Nerifa671/

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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 Norefa
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