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

The surname Nefis (Hindi: नॅफीस, Russian: Нэфис) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 778,856th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. The surname Nefis is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Nefis are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Mahgreb. Nefis is also the 657,437th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 191 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 127,077. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Tamanghasset Province, where 100 percent are found. Not including Algeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

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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