Niaf Surname

536,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 600 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Niaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria3631:106,42315,542
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
France221:3,019,215204,848
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
England11:55,718,059489,080
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Niaf (28) may also be a first name.

Niaf Last Name Facts

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

Niaf is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niaf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 536,820th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The surname Niaf is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Niaf live; 61 percent live in North Africa and 61 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.

The last name Niaf is most widely held in Algeria, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 106,423. In Algeria Niaf is most common in: Tissemsilt Province, where 77 percent reside, Tipasa Province, where 22 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 0 percent reside. Besides Algeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 33 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niafe8922/
Nijaf894/
Nihaf894/
Hniaf893/
Niaff891/
Nagiaf8013/
Niaffe808/
Nihafe801/
Niab751,627/
Niav751,362/
Neaf75116/
Niof7556/
Niaw755/
Njaf754/
Gnaf751/
Nyaf751/
Niehauf735/
Nyafe67301/
Ngiav67101/
Nihof6774/
Nijab6735/
Nihab6718/
Nyiaw6715/
Nihav673/
Nehaf672/
Niofe672/
Gnafe672/
Niasv672/
Njiaw671/
Nieav671/
Niohf671/
Nhiab671/
Nhaif671/
Hneaf671/
Nijav671/
Neaff670/

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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 Niaf
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