Zafaniya Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Zafaniya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zafaniya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1811:978,68941,594
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Zafaniya (188) may also be a first name.

Zafaniya Last Name Facts

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

Zafaniya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zafaniya? popularity and diffusion

Zafaniya is the 1,210,518th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zafaniya are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zafaniya is also the 663,277th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 188 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Zafaniya is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 30 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside and Kaduna, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Zafaniya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zefaniya88155/
Safaniya8848/
Jafaniya882/
Zafanaya881/
Zaphaniya8236/
Zafheniya821/
Zafanie801/
Zaphaniyah781/
Sefaniya7534/
Zefeniya7524/
Sofaniya752/
Jafanyya751/
Safatnaia7118/
Zephaniya711/
Safanie6715/
Zaphaniiah671/
Zaphanaiah671/

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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 Zafaniya
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