Nwafi Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Nwafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
Nwafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwafi is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwafi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,649,806th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwafi reside; 85 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 201,641. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 95 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 3 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwafio | 91 | 212 | / |
| Nwaefi | 91 | 48 | / |
| Nwafie | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nwaifi | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nwafyi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwafihe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwefi | 80 | 95 | / |
| Nwafa | 80 | 82 | / |
| Nwafe | 80 | 77 | / |
| Nwofi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nvafi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwafy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwafee | 73 | 57 | / |
| Nwaife | 73 | 50 | / |
| Nwefie | 73 | 27 | / |
| Nwofie | 73 | 22 | / |
| Nwaufa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Nwafea | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nwafeh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nwaefe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nwafer | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nweffi | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwafoa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwefhi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwafeu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwofoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwafes | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Wafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaphit | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwaffeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nuhafiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Bafei | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Vaffi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuafhis | 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 Nwafi
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