Nevis Surname
Approximately 1,495 people bear this surname
Nevis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 581 | 1:623,854 | 50,382 |
| Benin | 242 | 1:42,709 | 5,480 |
| Liberia | 216 | 1:20,410 | 2,054 |
| Malaysia | 98 | 1:300,961 | 16,456 |
| India | 96 | 1:7,990,264 | 168,289 |
| England | 76 | 1:733,132 | 40,828 |
| Brazil | 38 | 1:5,633,535 | 140,199 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 1:11,040 | 818 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53 | 1:947,522 | 56,651 |
Nevis (6,039) may also be a first name.
Nevis Demographics
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Nevis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nevis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nevis (Arabic: نفيس, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻔﻴﺲ, Hindi: नेवीस, Marathi: नेवीस) occurs most in The United States. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nevis? popularity and diffusion
It is the 262,280th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,874,613 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Nevis are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 85,320th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 6,039 people.
The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 581 people, or 1 in 623,854. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 49 percent are found, Louisiana, where 8 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 16 percent are found and Liberia, where 14 percent are found.
Nevis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nevis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nevis surname grew 1,096 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 304 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nevis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Nevis surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Nevis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.62% more than the national average, earning $45,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.64% less than the national average, earning $47,876 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nevis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nevis in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻔﻴﺲ | nfys | - |
| Nevis in the Marathi language | ||
| नेवीस | nevisa | 64.18 |
| नेिवस | neivasa | 25.37 |
| नेि | nei | 8.96 |
| नेबीस | nebisa | 1.49 |
| Nevis in the Hindi language | ||
| नेवीस | nevisa | 50 |
| नेविस | nevisa | 50 |
| Nevis in the Arabic language | ||
| نفيس | nfys | - |
| نيفيس | nyfys | - |
| نيفس | nyfs | - |
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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 Nevis
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