Nufu Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Nufu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 299 | 1:592,451 | 28,489 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nufu (198) may also be a first name.
Nufu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nufu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nufu is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nufu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 818,364th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nufu live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 644,447th most common first name internationally It is held by 198 people.
The surname Nufu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 592,451. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 46 percent live, Yobe, where 13 percent live and Bauchi, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nufus | 89 | 6,244 | / |
| Ngufu | 89 | 172 | / |
| Nufuz | 89 | 31 | / |
| Naufu | 89 | 17 | / |
| Noufu | 89 | 13 | / |
| Nufeu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nuffu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nufou | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nufau | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nufui | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nufuh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nuhfu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Noufou | 80 | 9,120 | / |
| Neufus | 80 | 83 | / |
| Nufouy | 80 | 25 | / |
| Ngoufu | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nufhus | 80 | 6 | / |
| Neufuß | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nuifau | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nufuis | 80 | 4 | / |
| Noufus | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nnufus | 80 | 3 | / |
| Neufou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngaufu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noufeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nifu | 75 | 2,381 | / |
| Naufahu | 73 | 140 | / |
| Neufuss | 73 | 98 | / |
| Nouffou | 73 | 91 | / |
| Noufous | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ngoufou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Noufgou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noufuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neufuhs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngoufeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnoufou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nifuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noufouss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nüfus | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Noufou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noofu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nihfu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nufu
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