Nafiri Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nafiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2601:508,65141,493
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nafiri (109) may also be a first name.

Nafiri Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nafiri Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nafiri (Hindi: नफीरी) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafiri? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 919,444th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Nafiri reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nafiri is also the 900,062nd most commonly used given name internationally, held by 109 people.

The last name Nafiri is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 508,651. In Indonesia Nafiri is most frequent in: East Java, where 45 percent are found, Central Java, where 21 percent are found and Lampung, where 14 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 5 percent are found and Morocco, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nafitri9263/
Nafira8338/
Naferi8334/
Nafuri835/
Nafiry835/
Nofiri835/
Nafire832/
Nahafitri806/
Ngaiffiri801/
Nofitri77427/
Nasferi7720/
Naphiri7714/
Nafiery773/
Nefirai772/
Nafaira771/
Nafferi771/
Nafiroj771/
Naferie771/
Naphairi714/
Noofitri711/
Nofirist711/
Navfgire711/
Noferi67727/
Nefuri67215/
Nafere67143/
Nofire67119/
Nofira6773/
Nafera673/
Nefire671/

Nafiri Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nafiri in the Hindi language
नफीरीnaphiri66.67
नाफिरीnaphiri33.33

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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 Nafiri
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