Nefte Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Nefte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nefte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran161:4,798,908119,068
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Nefté (1) are calculated separately.

Nefte (25) may also be a first name.

Nefte Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nefte (Marathi: नेफते) occurs most in Iran. It may be found in the variant forms: Nefté. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nefte? popularity and diffusion

Nefte is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Nefte occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Nefte are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 25 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 4,798,908. In Iran it is most frequent in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nefté931/
Nefteh9116/
Neftes913/
Nefter911/
Neft89724/
Nefti80812/
Nieft80305/
Neeft80274/
Nafte80113/
Newte8059/
Nefta8044/
Nofte8012/
Neift807/
Nedft802/
Neuft802/
Neftd801/
Nefty801/
Nebte801/
Neewte733/
Niefty732/
Neuwte732/
Hneeft731/
Neftdt731/
Nnewte731/
Neftiy731/
Nofthe730/
Noffte730/
Newt6741/
Nift673/
Nehefta672/
Nevt671/
Neftova671/
Newther670/

Nefte Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nefte in the Marathi language
नेफतेnephate-

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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 Nefte
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