Nafi Surname
Approximately 24,762 people bear this surname
Nafi Surname User-submission:
The Nafi surname means 'one who is very useful'.
Nafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 5,047 | 1:31,575 | 2,012 |
| Egypt | 4,729 | 1:19,441 | 2,252 |
| Indonesia | 4,326 | 1:30,571 | 3,593 |
| Morocco | 2,658 | 1:12,971 | 1,886 |
| Jordan | 1,379 | 1:6,412 | 1,268 |
| Lebanon | 1,072 | 1:5,258 | 919 |
| Nigeria | 1,001 | 1:176,966 | 10,907 |
| Malaysia | 744 | 1:39,643 | 3,238 |
| Iran | 692 | 1:110,957 | 10,603 |
| Cameroon | 629 | 1:33,019 | 4,459 |
| Pakistan | 485 | 1:368,338 | 7,161 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Algeria | 276 | 1:139,969 | 18,898 |
| India | 237 | 1:3,236,563 | 94,502 |
| Burkina Faso | 178 | 1:103,102 | 3,184 |
| Palestine | 119 | 1:38,226 | 4,530 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Israel | 96 | 1:89,142 | 10,512 |
| England | 76 | 1:733,132 | 40,828 |
| France | 70 | 1:948,896 | 108,010 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 1:213,076 | 14,246 |
| Afghanistan | 37 | 1:869,005 | 8,756 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| North Macedonia | 10 | 1:210,147 | 13,835 |
| Northern Cyprus | 9 | 1:35,446 | 7,326 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Nafi (29,955) may also be a first name.
Nafi Surname Meaning
Nafi Demographics
Average Nafi Salary in
United States
$15,767 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nafi (Arabic: نافع, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻓﻲ, Hindi: नफी, Russian: Нафи) is most common in Bangladesh. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,960th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 294,304 people. Nafi occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Nafi live; 31 percent live in North Africa and 25 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nafi is also the 27,922nd most widely held given name internationally, borne by 29,955 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 5,047 people, or 1 in 31,575. Excluding Bangladesh this last name exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 17 percent live.
Nafi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Maronite (75%) in Lebanon.
The amount Nafi earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 63.46% less than the national average, earning $15,767 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.75% less than the national average, earning $37,885 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafi in the Hindi language | ||
| नफी | naphi | 88.95 |
| नफीस | naphisa | 7.73 |
| नफि | naphi | 1.1 |
| नफ़ी | nafi | 1.1 |
| नाफी | naphi | 1.1 |
| Nafi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻓﻲ | nafy | 63.64 |
| ﻧﻔﻲ | nfy | 15.15 |
| ﻧﺎﻓﻰ | nafy | 9.09 |
| ﻧﺎﻓﻊ | naf | 6.06 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻓﻲ | alnafy | 3.03 |
| ﻧﻔﻰ | nfy | 3.03 |
| Nafi in the Russian language | ||
| Нафи | nafi | - |
| Nafi in the Arabic language | ||
| نافع | naf | - |
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