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
Nafas (Hindi: नफस, Marathi: नफस, Russian: Нафас) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 663,740th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. Nafas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Nafas reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 310,437th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 708 people.
Nafas is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Not including Sri Lanka it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 20 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
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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