Nyafono Surname
Approximately 1,468 people bear this surname
Nyafono Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,467 | 1:26,612 | 3,729 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nyafono Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyafono Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyafono is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyafono? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyafono is the 266,307th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,964,268 people. The last name Nyafono is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyafono reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,467 people, or 1 in 26,612. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Mayuge District, where 18 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 14 percent are found and Tororo District, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nyafono
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