Nefissa Surname
Approximately 9,708 people bear this surname
Nefissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9,498 | 1:10,270 | 1,533 |
| Algeria | 204 | 1:189,370 | 23,064 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Nefissa (2,430) may also be a first name.
Nefissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nefissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nefissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻔﻴﺴﻪ) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nefissa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 52,657th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 750,674 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nefissa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 150,229th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 2,430 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 9,498 people, or 1 in 10,270. Outside of Ethiopia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 2 percent reside and Tunisia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nefidssa | 93 | 255 | / |
| Nefisa | 92 | 17,315 | / |
| Nafissa | 86 | 5,818 | / |
| Nefidsa | 86 | 984 | / |
| Nefissi | 86 | 579 | / |
| Nefisat | 86 | 14 | / |
| Nofissa | 86 | 12 | / |
| Nefisha | 86 | 9 | / |
| Nifissa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nefessa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nefisse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nefisah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nefisia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Neffisa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nefisso | 86 | 1 | / |
| Naffissa | 80 | 70 | / |
| Nafissah | 80 | 9 | / |
| Nafisssa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Naifissa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nafuissa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nafaissa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neffissi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nafisa | 77 | 17,483 | / |
| Nefesa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nofisa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nifisa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nefise | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nefusa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nefisi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nefiza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naffissah | 75 | 14 | / |
| Nafisah | 71 | 10,987 | / |
| Nafisha | 71 | 58 | / |
| Nafisso | 71 | 15 | / |
| Nofisah | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nafisaa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Naffisa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nefeesa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nafessa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nafisau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nifisat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nefishi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nafisai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nafeessa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nafishah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Naffisah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Naffisso | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nephisha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nafisaah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Naphissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nafiesha | 67 | 1 | / |
Nefissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nefissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻔﻴﺴﻪ | nfysh | 72.41 |
| ﻧﻔﻴﺴﺔ | nfyst | 25.86 |
| ﻧﻘﻴﺴﻪ | nqysh | 1.72 |
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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 Nefissa
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