Nafees Surname
Approximately 21,364 people bear this surname
Nafees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 14,588 | 1:12,246 | 850 |
| India | 2,263 | 1:338,960 | 18,644 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,681 | 1:12,379 | 1,773 |
| Bangladesh | 1,262 | 1:126,273 | 5,065 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| United Arab Emirates | 340 | 1:26,948 | 3,000 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| England | 106 | 1:525,642 | 32,946 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Maldives | 94 | 1:4,300 | 406 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Nafees (51,769) may also be a first name.
Nafees Demographics
Average Nafees Salary in
United States
$62,120 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nafees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafees Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nafees (Dhivehi: ުނަފީސް, Hindi: नफीस, Marathi: नफ़ीस) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nafees click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafees? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 25,253rd most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 341,113 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Nafees are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 17,954th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 51,769 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 14,588 people, or 1 in 12,246. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 52 percent reside, Sindh, where 36 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this surname is found in 38 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 8 percent reside.
Nafees Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nafees surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nafees earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 43.97% more than the national average, earning $62,120 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.71% more than the national average, earning $65,437 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafees Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafees in the Marathi language | ||
| नफ़ीस | nafisa | - |
| Nafees in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ުނަފީސް | unafis | - |
| Nafees in the Hindi language | ||
| नफीस | naphisa | 99.67 |
| नफीश | naphisa | 0.3 |
| नफ़ीस | nafisa | 0.03 |
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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 Nafees
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