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
The surname Nufu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nufu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 818,364th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nufu live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nufu is also the 644,447th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 198 people.
The last name Nufu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 592,451. In Nigeria Nufu is primarily found in: Kogi, where 46 percent live, Yobe, where 13 percent live and Bauchi, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common 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
- 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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