Pufa Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Pufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pufa (3,801) may also be a first name.

Pufa Last Name Facts

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

Pufa (Hindi: पुफा, Russian: Пуфа) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pufa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Pufa reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 114,057th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 3,801 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Pufa is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 8 percent are found and Thailand, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pufai89364/
Poufa8955/
Pusfa8931/
Puffa8922/
Pufga894/
Pufap891/
Phufa891/
Puifai80184/
Puffay8074/
Phufai8027/
Pushfa8024/
Pouffa8012/
Puyfai8011/
Phufas8011/
Pusfha806/
Pusfah802/
Puyfay802/
Putfah801/
Poufai801/
Pufe75194/
Pifa75155/
Pufi7510/
Pufo752/
Pufé751/
Poufuha731/
Puyfaud731/
Pupha67284/
Puffe67243/
Puffi6745/
Puffy6742/
Pifaa6733/
Phufi6732/
Piffa6715/
Pufui6710/
Putfi6710/
Pifai677/
Pufer676/
Paufe675/
Puvah675/
Pifah674/
Paufi674/
Poofa673/
Peufo672/
Puefo672/
Piefa672/
Poufe671/
Pifea671/
Pfufi671/
Pufoy670/
Pufee670/

Pufa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pufa in the Hindi language
पुफाpupha-
Pufa in the Russian language
Пуфаpufa-

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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 Pufa
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