Nefes Surname

379,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 941 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Nefes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nefes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey8871:87,7367,874
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Azerbaijan61:1,608,18720,863
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nefes (23) may also be a first name.

Nefes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nefes occurs most in Turkey. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nefes.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 379,286th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. The last name Nefes is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Nefes are found; 76 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Nefes is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.

Nefes is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 887 people, or 1 in 87,736. In Turkey Nefes is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 29 percent are found, Giresun Province, where 16 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Turkey this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 3 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nefesh91385/
Niefes9159/
Nefees912/
Nefeus911/
Nefess910/
Nefe89217/
Neffesh831/
Neffets831/
Newfest830/
Neffe80549/
Neefe80383/
Nefis80364/
Neife80158/
Nefer80125/
Nefed80123/
Nefei8058/
Nafes8057/
Nefej8021/
Nefeh8018/
Nefea8013/
Nefez8011/
Ngefe806/
Nefie802/
Gnefe801/
Nhefe801/
Nefey801/
Neyfe801/
Nyfes801/
Nezfe801/
Nefesova774/
Nafees7321,364/
Nofies731,846/
Neifer73624/
Nafesh73298/
Gneffe7354/
Neafie7354/
Neffis7338/
Nepfer7333/
Niefej7319/
Nafies7318/
Neiffe7318/
Naffes7318/
Neffer7310/
Nneife737/
Nafess735/
Nefiss735/
Neffie734/
Neyfer734/
Neafey733/
Nefise733/
Nafeis732/
Nefeïh731/
Nifies731/
Nnefeh731/
N'Nefe731/
Netfey731/
Neffez731/
Nedfed731/
Neffea731/
Neffed731/
Nešfet731/
Nefish731/
Neyfeh731/
Neidfe731/
Neefer730/
Neifey730/
Neffey730/
Gnefet730/
Neufie730/
Neafer730/
Nefi67310/
Neiffer67308/
Nahfees67292/
Nefa67179/
Näfe67131/
Nife6756/
Nafeesh6733/
Noffies6724/
Neaffer6720/
Nafeesz675/
Nefeová674/
Nephesh673/
Nefy672/
Nofiess671/
Gneffer671/
Neyffer671/
Naffesh671/
Neffeth671/
Nefisse671/
Newffer671/
Nafeeys671/
Nejfeit671/
Nefeova671/
Naffees671/
Neaffie670/
Neffice670/
Nevfish670/

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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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  • 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 Nefes
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