Nephtaly Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nephtaly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nephtaly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nephtaly (653) may also be a first name.

Nephtaly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nephtaly occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nephtaly? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,380,086th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nephtaly reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nephtaly is also the 324,981st most commonly held first name globally, held by 653 people.

Nephtaly is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Apart from Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nephtally944/
Nephthaly941/
Neptaly932/
Nephtali881,055/
Nephtalie8210/
Nephthali821/
Neptali8031/
Neftaly8010/
Neuphthali781/
Nephttalie781/
Neptalis752/
Nepthali752/
Neptalid752/
Nefttaly751/
Neptalia751/
Neffthaly711/
Neftali67222/
Nebtali677/
Neftale675/
Neftalí673/
Neftalis6323/
Neftalie631/
Niftaliy631/
Niftali5313/
Niftalli501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nephtaly
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