Sinafa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Sinafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sinafa (24) may also be a first name.
Sinafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sinafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sinafa is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sinafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sinafa is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. Sinafa is primarily found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Sinafa are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sinafa is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 24 people.
The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Sinafa is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 96 percent are found and Morobe, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Sinafa occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinafoa | 92 | 11 | / |
| Sainafat | 86 | 82 | / |
| Sinafi | 83 | 34 | / |
| Sinafe | 83 | 21 | / |
| Zinafa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Senafa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sinefa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sinofa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sainafaat | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sinapha | 77 | 110 | / |
| Shinofa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Seinafo | 77 | 7 | / |
| Senaufa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Chinafa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shenafa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ginafah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sinafie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sainapha | 71 | 12 | / |
| Chinafat | 71 | 10 | / |
| Shingafe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Senafi | 67 | 181 | / |
| Sinefo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Senofa | 67 | 39 | / |
| Senafe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Zinafi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jenafa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Senefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zinefa | 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
- 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 Sinafa
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