Nafes Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Nafes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 40 | 1:4,466,097 | 30,538 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Nafes (190) may also be a first name.
Nafes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nafes (Hindi: नफीस, Marathi: नफेस) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nafes.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Nafes reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 659,352nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 190 people.
This surname is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 4,466,097. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 48 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 23 percent live and Sindh, where 20 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafes in the Marathi language | ||
| नफेस | naphesa | - |
| Nafes in the Hindi language | ||
| नफीस | naphisa | 94.74 |
| नफेस | naphesa | 5.26 |
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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 Nafes
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