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 carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafes? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nafes is the 2,555,468th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Nafes live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 659,352nd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 190 people.
The surname Nafes is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 4,466,097. In Pakistan Nafes is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 48 percent are found, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 23 percent are found and Sindh, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
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
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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 Nafes
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