Ntefi Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ntefi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntefi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ntefi (20) may also be a first name.

Ntefi Last Name Facts

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

Ntefi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﺘﻔﻲ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ntefi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntefi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntefi are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 20 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Ntefi is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nthefi9111/
N'Tefi918/
Nteffi916/
N'Teffi831/
Ntifi80707/
Ntafi80100/
Ntofi8019/
Ntefe8011/
Ntefa805/
Ntafai73118/
Ntifio7311/
N'Tefy736/
Ntefeh734/
N'Tefe731/
Nteffe731/
Ntefet731/
Nteifeh67242/
Ndtifio671/
Ntifa60105/
Ntafe6054/
Ntofe601/
Ntephe5538/
Ntafeh5524/
Ntaifa5520/
Ntipha554/
Nthafe552/
Ntiffa551/
N'Tafy551/
Ntephea505/
Hntjphe501/
Ntaffeu501/

Ntefi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ntefi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﺘﻔﻲantfy-

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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 Ntefi
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