Nafiss Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Nafiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 818 | 1:42,147 | 6,853 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nafiss (38) may also be a first name.
Nafiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nafiss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻔﻴﺲ, Hindi: नफीसस्) is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafiss? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 418,547th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,780,176 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nafiss are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Mahgreb. Nafiss is also the 1,662,754th most common given name internationally, borne by 38 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 818 people, or 1 in 42,147. Excluding Morocco this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafiss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafiss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻔﻴﺲ | nfys | - |
| Nafiss in the Hindi language | ||
| नफीसस् | naphisas | 50 |
| नफीसस | naphisasa | 50 |
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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 Nafiss
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