Nayaf Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Denmark

Nayaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nayaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Nayaf (130) may also be a first name.

Nayaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nayaf (Hindi: नायफ, Marathi: नयाफ, Oriya: ନାୟଫ) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nayaf.

How Common Is The Last Name Nayaf? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Nayaf occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Nayaf live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nayaf is also the 814,623rd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 130 people.

This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is most frequent in: Bihar, where 50 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 10 percent reside and Kerala, where 10 percent reside. Beside India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 15 percent reside and Denmark, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nayafe918/
Nayaft917/
Nayf89265/
Nayef8093,887/
Najaf8024,160/
Nayab805,539/
Nayuf80266/
Nayav8067/
Nayif8056/
Nayaw8054/
Naaif8044/
Niyaf8026/
Nayfe803/
Naiyf803/
Naiaf802/
Nayff802/
Nayof802/
Neyaf801/
Nayyf801/
Nayfeh73551/
Nayouf73322/
Nayabh73155/
Nayeef7320/
Ngayaw7310/
Ngayuf7310/
Nayowa736/
Nayaph736/
Nayeva735/
Nayeff735/
Nyiafe732/
Nayefe731/
Nayavt731/
Nahaif731/
Nayiff731/
Nayova731/
Najaff731/
Naheaf731/
Najafp731/
Naif6710,574/
Naef674,081/
Nauf67560/
Neaf67116/
Nayb6774/
Naihauf6716/
Najf6712/
Neyf673/
Noyf671/
Nuyf671/
Najaffe671/

Nayaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nayaf in the Oriya language
ନାୟଫnayapha-
Nayaf in the Marathi language
नयाफnayapha66.67
नयफnayapha33.33
Nayaf in the Hindi language
नायफnayapha60
नायाफnayapha20
नयाफnayapha20

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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
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  • 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 Nayaf
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