Noufa Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Noufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 354 | 1:109,129 | 15,834 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Noufa (1,692) may also be a first name.
Noufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Noufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Noufa occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Noufa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 754,238th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. The surname Noufa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Noufa live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Mahgreb. Noufa is also the 186,944th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 1,692 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 109,129. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Mostaganem Province, where 99 percent live, Mascara Province, where 1 percent live and Oran Province, where 0 percent live. Outside of Algeria Noufa exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Noufa
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