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
Nevis Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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 in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nevis? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nevis is the 262,280th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,874,613 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Nevis reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Nevis is also the 85,320th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 6,039 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 581 people, or 1 in 623,854. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 49 percent reside, Louisiana, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States Nevis exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 16 percent reside and Liberia, where 14 percent reside.
Nevis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nevis has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nevis surname expanded 1,096 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 304 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nevis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Nevis surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for 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
- 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 Nevis
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