Neviss Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Neviss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 25 | 1:163,795 | 8,806 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Neviss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Neviss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Neviss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻔﻴﺲ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Neviss.
How Common Is The Last Name Neviss? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Neviss occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Neviss are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 163,795. In Mauritania Neviss is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 44 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 40 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside and Ghana, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Neviss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Neviss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻔﻴﺲ | nfys | 81.82 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻔﻴﺲ | alnfys | 18.18 |
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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 Neviss
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