Nefeli Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Nefeli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nefeli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
France11:66,422,722504,397

Nefeli (1,154) may also be a first name.

Nefeli Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nefeli occurs in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nefeli click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefeli? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Nefeli reside; 75 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 234,177th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 1,154 people.

Nefeli is most commonly held in Greece, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 2,215,958. In Greece Nefeli is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 80 percent are found and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Greece this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Cyprus, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nefesli9256/
Nefelia922/
Nefele837/
Nifeli834/
Nafeli833/
Nofeli832/
Nefili831/
Nefali831/
Neffali7710/
Nefeily775/
Nefeela771/
Nefeule771/
Nefaili771/
Neufele771/
Neffeler7117/
Nefale671,978/
Nafali67506/
Nafili67288/
Nofili6761/
Nafele6736/
Nefelejts6725/
Nofali6714/
Nifili673/
Nofele672/
Nifali672/
Nyfele671/
Nafoli671/
Neufeille671/

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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 Nefeli
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