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) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 778,856th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. The surname Nefis occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Nefis reside; 84 percent reside in North Africa and 84 percent reside in Mahgreb. Nefis is also the 657,437th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 191 people.

Nefis is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 127,077. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Tamanghasset Province, where 100 percent live. Outside of Algeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

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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