El Nafees Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Nafees Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Nafees Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen101:2,642,52914,606
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368

El Nafees Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Nafees occurs in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of El Nafees.

How Common Is The Last Name El Nafees? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 71 percent of El Nafees are found; 71 percent are found in West Asia and 71 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

El Nafees is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,642,529. In Yemen it is primarily found in: 'Amran Governorate, where 40 percent live, Hajjah Governorate, where 40 percent live and Amanat Al Asimah, where 10 percent live. Besides Yemen this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Egypt, where 29 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Nafei823/
El Nafous786/
El Natfeh781/
El Nafy756/
El-Nafie714/
El Naffy713/
El Nafai712/
El Noufish631/
El Noufi591,090/
El-Naffy598/
El Noufy594/
El-Nafait562/
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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 El Nafees
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