Nafais Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Nafais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Nafais (31) may also be a first name.
Nafais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nafais (Hindi: नफीस) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafais? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nafais live; 59 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nafais is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 31 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 8,265,575. In Indonesia Nafais is mostly found in: Central Java, where 50 percent live, East Java, where 25 percent live and West Kalimantan, where 19 percent live. Outside of Indonesia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafais in the Hindi language | ||
| नफीस | naphisa | 54.55 |
| नफाीस | naphaisa | 45.45 |
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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 Nafais
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