Niafas Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Niafas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niafas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1511:73,37612,358
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Niafas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Niafas occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Niafas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niafas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,409,418th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Niafas live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Niafas is most common in Greece, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 73,376. In Greece Niafas is most prevalent in: Attica, where 54 percent reside, Central Greece, where 23 percent reside and Western Greece, where 19 percent reside. Besides Greece this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niafa9149/
Nyafas831/
Njiafa831/
Ngiafa831/
Njiafac771/
Ngniafa771/
Negiafa771/
Nihafat771/
Niafo731,110/
Nyafa73125/
Njafa7329/
Gnafa732/
Niofa731/
Ngnafa6718/
Niavah6713/
Niaffo679/
Niafou678/
Njaffa673/
Njafai671/
Nyafah671/
Neafai671/
Njafat671/
Neafay670/

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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 Niafas
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