Nafas Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Nafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Iran | 90 | 1:853,139 | 41,713 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Nafas (708) may also be a first name.
Nafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nafas (Hindi: नफस, Marathi: नफस, Russian: Нафас) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nafas.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafas? popularity and diffusion
Nafas is the 663,740th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Nafas are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Nafas is also the 310,437th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 708 people.
This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Excluding Sri Lanka Nafas occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 20 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafas in the Marathi language | ||
| नफस | naphasa | 80 |
| नफास | naphasa | 20 |
| Nafas in the Hindi language | ||
| नफस | naphasa | 64.71 |
| नफास | naphasa | 35.29 |
| Nafas in the Russian language | ||
| Нафас | nafas | - |
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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 Nafas
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