Nursafa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Nursafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nursafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Nursafa (471) may also be a first name.

Nursafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nursafa (Hindi: नूरसफा) occurs more in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nursafa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Nursafa is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Nursafa live; 56 percent live in South Asia and 56 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nursafa is also the 392,250th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 471 people.

This surname is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 17,706,308. Not including Bangladesh this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 38 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nursafah9313/
Nursafat936/
Nurshafa931/
Nursafaat88224/
Nursafaah8863/
Nursaifah8812/
Nursefa865,634/
Nursofa86255/
Nursafi8621/
Nursafii8043/
Nursofah8025/
Norsaifa805/
Nurseffa804/
Nurshafi801/
Nuersefa801/
Nurshoufa7521/
Nurseffah758/
Nurshafee751/
Nuursaufi751/
Nursofi7117/
Nursofy716/
Nurzefa714/
Norsafi711/
Nursoffi67304/
Nurchafi6716/
Nurchafid6314/
Norzafi574/

Nursafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nursafa in the Hindi language
नूरसफाnurasapha66.67
नुरसफाnurasapha33.33

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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 Nursafa
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