Nyofu Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Nyofu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nyofu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyofu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyofu occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyofu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Nyofu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nyofu live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 50 percent are found and Gauteng, where 50 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 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
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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 Nyofu
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