Nelfa Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Maldives

Nelfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1681:787,19859,965
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nelfa (7,570) may also be a first name.

Nelfa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nelfa is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelfa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nelfa is the 1,281,391st most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Nelfa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Nelfa reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 73,749th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 7,570 people.

Nelfa is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 787,198. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: West Sumatra, where 68 percent are found, Jakarta, where 21 percent are found and Riau, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and The Maldives, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nielfa91313/
Nelfas911/
Nelfat911/
Nelfi80143/
Nilfa8014/
Nelfe802/
Nelfy801/
Nelfui7316/
Nielfi736/
Nelpha734/
Nelfoi734/
Nelfer731/
Nelffi731/
Nilfath677/
Nlfj671/
Nlfy671/
Nielpha671/
Nlfio601/
Nlefe601/
Nlefi601/
Nilvah559/
Nilpha552/
Nilfio551/
Nelphe551/
Nlfher550/
Nilphat5076/
Nilphai5020/
Nilphad503/
Nilphay502/
Nelpher502/

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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 Nelfa
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