Nefel Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Nefel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Nefel (199) may also be a first name.
Nefel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nefel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nefel is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nefel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Nefel are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 642,605th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 199 people.
The last name Nefel is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 198,871. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: New Ireland, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Nefel is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 16 percent reside and Poland, where 10 percent reside.
Nefel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nefel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nefel last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Nefel
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