Naafs Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Naafs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Naafs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3961:42,6447,227
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Naafs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Naafs is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Naafs? popularity and diffusion

Naafs is the 722,496th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Naafs live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Naafs is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 42,644. In The Netherlands Naafs is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 39 percent reside, Utrecht, where 20 percent reside and Gelderland, where 12 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

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Nayf67265/
Nofs67123/
Neaf67116/
Napf6796/
Nahf6753/
Nadf6735/
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Naws6721/
Navs6716/
Najf6712/
Nawf675/
Nafh675/
Nazf673/
Naav673/
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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 Naafs
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