Nefesh Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Nefesh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nefesh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel1851:46,2576,172
Iraq1731:202,4374,691
Palestine111:413,53212,017
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Nefesh (70) may also be a first name.

Nefesh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nefesh (Russian: Нефеш) has its highest incidence in Israel. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefesh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 746,827th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. Nefesh occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Nefesh live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 48 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. Nefesh is also the 1,162,016th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 70 people.

This surname is most common in Israel, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 46,257. In Israel it is most numerous in: Judea and Samaria Area, where 40 percent are found, Southern District, where 37 percent are found and Jerusalem District, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Israel this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 45 percent are found and Palestine, where 3 percent are found.

Nefesh Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Nefesh are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Nefesh earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 150.95% more than the national average, earning $108,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neffesh921/
Nefes91941/
Nefeh9118/
Nafesh83298/
Niefes8359/
Nefees832/
Nefeïh831/
Nefeus831/
Nnefeh831/
Neyfeh831/
Nefish831/
Nefess830/
Nefe80217/
Nafeesh7733/
Nephesh773/
Neffeth771/
Naffesh771/
Neffets771/
Newfest770/
Nevfish770/
Neffe73549/
Neefe73383/
Nefis73364/
Neife73158/
Nefer73125/
Nefed73123/
Nefei7358/
Nafes7357/
Nefej7321/
Neveh7321/
Nefea7313/
Nefez7311/
Nefih736/
Ngefe736/
Nefie732/
Nyfes731/
Nezfe731/
Nhefe731/
Nefey731/
Neyfe731/
Gnefe731/
Nefesova714/
Nafees6721,364/
Nofies671,846/
Nafish67840/
Neifer67624/
Naifeh67589/
Nayfeh67551/
Nafash6798/
Gneffe6754/
Neafie6754/
Neffis6738/
Nepfer6733/
Niefej6719/
Naffes6718/
Nafies6718/
Neiffe6718/
Neffer6710/
Nneife677/
Nafess675/
Nefiss675/
Neffie674/
Neyfer674/
Nefise673/
Nafosh673/
Neafey673/
Ngefih672/
Nafeis672/
Nedfed671/
Neffea671/
Nefich671/
Neidfe671/
Nešfet671/
Neffed671/
Neffez671/
Netfey671/
Ngifeh671/
N'Nefe671/
Nifies671/
Nifash671/
Neafer670/
Neufie670/
Gnefet670/
Neefer670/
Neifey670/
Neffey670/

Nefesh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nefesh in the Russian language
Нефешnefes-

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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 Nefesh
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