Zafania Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Zafania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zafania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zafania (367) may also be a first name.

Zafania Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zafania is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zafania? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,980,395th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Zafania occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Zafania live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 453,982nd most common first name internationally It is held by 367 people.

The last name Zafania is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria Zafania is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 38 percent are found, Adamawa, where 33 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zafanias935/
Zafaniah935/
Zefania861,235/
Safania8673/
Zofania868/
Jafania862/
Cafania861/
Zafanya861/
Zafenia861/
Zaphania80712/
Safhania80212/
Zefannia8061/
Shafania8046/
Safaynia803/
Zeffania802/
Safainia802/
Zazfagna801/
Zefaniha801/
Safaniah801/
Zaphaniah751,332/
Zhaphania751/
Zaphaniay751/
Sefania711,123/
Zefenia71243/
Sofania71186/
Zefanja7159/
Safenia7111/
Zaphaaniah715/
Zaphanniah711/
Shafhatnia711/
Safanya711/
Zephania6720,747/
Shofania67193/
Soffania6718/
Japhania6714/
Tsafonia6710/
Saphania677/
Sefaniah676/
Sofaniah674/
Ciafagna672/
Savaniah672/
Zaphenia672/
Zaphanya671/
Zaphahaniah671/
Tzefanya671/

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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 Zafania
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