Nanif Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Nanif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nanif Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nanif (40) may also be a first name.

Nanif Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanif (Hindi: ननिफ, Marathi: नानीफ) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanif? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Nanif occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nanif reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Nanif is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 40 people.

The surname Nanif is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,402,310. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 79 percent reside, Sindh, where 11 percent reside and Balochistan, where 5 percent reside. Barring Pakistan it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 17 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naniff911/
Nanife911/
Hnanif911/
Nganif911/
Nainaif83129/
Nganiff831/
Nanib8069/
Naniv805/
Naniw804/
Nanef802/
Naniev73837/
Nangiw7341/
Naneff7315/
Naneef737/
Nannib732/
Naniph731/
Nhanef731/
Nahniev673/
Nhaniph671/
Nainaiv671/
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Nanif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanif in the Hindi language
ननिफnanipha-
Nanif in the Marathi language
नानीफnanipha83.33
ानीani16.67

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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 Nanif
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