Npofu Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Npofu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Npofu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080

Npofu Last Name Facts

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

Npofu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Npofu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Npofu is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Npofu live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Mpumalanga, where 50 percent reside and Western Cape, where 50 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent reside.

Npofu Last Name Statistics demography

Npofu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.98% less than the national average, earning R 49,956 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Npoufou831/
Mpofu80135,346/
Mphofu73722/
Mpopfu733/
M'Pofu732/
Mpofuu732/
Mpoofu732/
Mpoffu731/
Mpoifu731/
Mppofu731/
Mpofui731/
Bofu671,532/
Mphoffu6713/

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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 Npofu
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