Nufi Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Nufi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Albania | 12 | 1:242,838 | 14,515 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nufi (912) may also be a first name.
Nufi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nufi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nufi (Russian: Нуфи) is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nufi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,025,894th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname Nufi is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Nufi are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 268,506th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 912 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Nufi is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 55 percent live, Adamawa, where 34 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Beside Nigeria Nufi is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nufio | 89 | 3,936 | / |
| Noufi | 89 | 553 | / |
| Ngufi | 89 | 101 | / |
| Naufi | 89 | 68 | / |
| Nuffi | 89 | 56 | / |
| Nuufi | 89 | 27 | / |
| Nufai | 89 | 14 | / |
| Nutfi | 89 | 11 | / |
| Nufis | 89 | 11 | / |
| Nusfi | 89 | 9 | / |
| Nnufi | 89 | 6 | / |
| Nujfi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nufui | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nuhfi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nufit | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nuefi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nufie | 89 | 1 | / |
| Noufid | 80 | 240 | / |
| Nouffi | 80 | 18 | / |
| Nufais | 80 | 10 | / |
| Naufis | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nufich | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gnuffi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nousfi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nufuis | 80 | 4 | / |
| Noufii | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngoufi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nuffio | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nufaiz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noufei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naufij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noufie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nufeis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngufai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noufis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naufai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neufie | 80 | 0 | / |
| Nufa | 75 | 636 | / |
| Nifi | 75 | 95 | / |
| Nufe | 75 | 49 | / |
| Nufj | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ngouffi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Neufeid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noufidh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noufe | 67 | 31,144 | / |
| Nufer | 67 | 1,807 | / |
| Noufa | 67 | 380 | / |
| Naufa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Neufa | 67 | 51 | / |
| Noufy | 67 | 42 | / |
| Naufe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Nifai | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nufea | 67 | 26 | / |
| Noufé | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hnifi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nuhfe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nufeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Noefi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Noofi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nowfi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngufe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nifii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nufez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nufes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngufy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuffy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neufy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nufej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuufa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nufjt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nufeh | 67 | 1 | / |
Nufi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nufi in the Russian language | ||
| Нуфи | nufi | - |
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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 Nufi
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