Nefis Surname

778,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 364 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Nefis Surname Definition:

NEFIS: Welsh, Nivyfus, sprightly. Nefils, French, a son bom, descendant from.

Nefis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria3041:127,07717,529
Turkey501:1,556,42859,823
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Nefis (191) may also be a first name.

Nefis Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

NEFIS: Welsh, Nivyfus, sprightly. Nefils, French, a son bom, descendant from.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Nefis Last Name Facts

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

Nefis (Hindi: नॅफीस, Russian: Нэфис) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nefis click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefis? popularity and diffusion

Nefis is the 778,856th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. Nefis occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Nefis live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 657,437th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 191 people.

Nefis is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 127,077. In Algeria Nefis is most numerous in: Tamanghasset Province, where 100 percent reside. Beside Algeria Nefis is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 14 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neffis9138/
Nefiss915/
Nefise913/
Nefish911/
Nefi89310/
Nefisse831/
Nevfish830/
Nafis8028,057/
Nefes80941/
Nofis80236/
Nefiz8083/
Nefei8058/
Nefai8031/
Ngefi8027/
Nefic8013/
Neffi8012/
Neifi8010/
Nefid8010/
Nefih806/
Nifis803/
Nefie802/
Neefi801/
Nesfi801/
Nefisova771/
Nofies731,846/
Nafish73840/
Nafiss73830/
Nefesh73385/
Niefes7359/
Neafie7354/
Naffis7334/
Nafais7329/
Neffai7321/
Nafies7318/
Nofiss739/
Nafhis738/
Hneefi735/
Neffie734/
Nefees732/
Nefitt732/
Nafeis732/
Ngefih732/
Nesfit732/
Nefaid731/
Neafai731/
Nefeus731/
Gnefid731/
Nifies731/
Ngefai731/
Nifise731/
Nephis731/
Neffii731/
Nefich731/
Nefess730/
Neufie730/
Nefe67217/
Nefa67179/
Nifi6795/
Noffies6724/
Naifios674/
Nefioha674/
Njfi673/
Nefy672/
Nhfi672/
Nejfeit671/
Neffets671/
Nafisch671/
Nephise671/
Nofiess671/
Neffesh671/
Nesfith670/
Neffice670/
Newfest670/
Neaffie670/

Nefis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nefis in the Hindi language
नॅफीसnephisa84.62
नेफीसnephisa15.38
Nefis in the Russian language
Нэфисnefis-

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