Nafai Surname
Approximately 2,359 people bear this surname
Nafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,065 | 1:72,096 | 7,507 |
| Morocco | 852 | 1:40,465 | 6,572 |
| Algeria | 160 | 1:241,447 | 26,268 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Pakistan | 71 | 1:2,516,111 | 21,969 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Nafaï (1) are calculated separately.
Nafai (165) may also be a first name.
Nafai Demographics
Average Nafai Salary in
United States
$16,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nafai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻔﻌﻲ, Hindi: नफई, Marathi: नफई) is found most in Iran. It may occur as a variant: Nafaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafai? popularity and diffusion
Nafai is the 180,614th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,089,252 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Nafai live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 712,876th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 165 people.
The surname is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 1,065 people, or 1 in 72,096. In Iran Nafai is primarily found in: Kurdistan Province, where 23 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 20 percent reside and Golestan Province, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran Nafai occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 36 percent reside and Algeria, where 7 percent reside.
Nafai Last Name Statistics demography
Nafai earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻔﻌﻲ | nfy | - |
| Nafai in the Hindi language | ||
| नफई | napha'i | 73.08 |
| नफै | naphai | 19.23 |
| नाफै | naphai | 3.85 |
| नफाई | napha'i | 3.85 |
| Nafai in the Marathi language | ||
| नफई | napha'i | 50 |
| नाफई | napha'i | 50 |
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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 Nafai
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