Nif Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Nif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey571:1,365,28855,259
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
India81:95,883,173728,828
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nif (195) may also be a first name.

Nif Last Name Facts

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

Nif (Russian: Ниф) is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nif? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,994,173rd most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Nif occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Nif are found; 56 percent are found in West Asia and 55 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Nif is also the 649,894th most widely held first name on earth, held by 195 people.

This surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 1,365,288. In Turkey Nif is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 81 percent are found and Erzurum Province, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naif8610,574/
Nief86554/
Neif86246/
Hnif8669/
Nife8656/
Niof8656/
Nisf8632/
Niff8621/
Nitf8611/
Nift863/
Nhif862/
Nihf862/
Noif862/
Nifs862/
Gnif861/
Ngif861/
Nifh861/
Nizf861/
Nuif861/
Niwf861/
Nnif861/
Nipf861/
Naife7512,596/
Neiff75428/
Naiff75214/
Neife75158/
Naaif7544/
Hnaif7516/
Niffe7516/
Hneif7514/
Hnife758/
Neift757/
Gnife752/
Noisf751/
Nhaif751/
Niohf751/
Nieff751/
Nissf751/
Nishf751/
Naifs751/
Hhnif751/
Neifs750/
Niffs750/
Näf673,687/
Nib673,490/
Niv673,106/
Nef672,839/
Nnaife6796/
Niw6760/
Neiffe6718/
Njf6713/
Nhf6712/
Nyf6712/
Nneife677/
H'Neif671/
Nahaif671/
Naifch671/
Neidfe671/
Naiffe671/

Nif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nif in the Russian language
Нифnif-

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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
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  • 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 Nif
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