Nufu Surname

818,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Nufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2991:592,45128,489
Cameroon231:903,00360,285
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nufus896,244/
Ngufu89172/
Nufuz8931/
Naufu8917/
Noufu8913/
Nufeu893/
Nuffu893/
Nufou892/
Nufau892/
Nufui892/
Nufuh891/
Nuhfu891/
Noufou809,120/
Neufus8083/
Nufouy8025/
Ngoufu8016/
Nufhus806/
Neufuß805/
Nuifau804/
Nufuis804/
Noufus804/
Nnufus803/
Neufou801/
Ngaufu801/
Noufeu801/
Nifu752,381/
Naufahu73140/
Neufuss7398/
Nouffou7391/
Noufous736/
Ngoufou733/
Noufgou731/
Noufuha731/
Neufuhs731/
Ngoufeu731/
Nnoufou731/
Nifuh671/
Noufouss671/
Nüfus671/
N'Noufou671/
Noofu671/
Nihfu671/

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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 Nufu
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