Niafi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Niafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Niafi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niafi occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Niafi? popularity and diffusion

Niafi is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Niafi occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Niafi live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 29 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 66,124,597. In Indonesia Niafi is primarily found in: Central Java, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 29 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nijafi913/
Naijafi831/
Niofi8081/
Nyafi8052/
Niafa8049/
Niafe8022/
Njafi803/
Gnafi801/
Nyafie7323/
Niaffe738/
Neafai731/
Njafai731/
Nihafe731/
Nyaffi731/
Njiafa731/
Nyafei731/
Nhafij731/
Najjafi673/
Ngnadfi671/

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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 Niafi
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