Nifantev Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Nifantev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nifantev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1171:1,231,82189,522
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

Nifantev Last Name Facts

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

Nifantev (Russian: Нифантьев) is found most frequently in Russia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nifantev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,637,889th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Nifantev reside; 74 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 74 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Russia, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,231,821. In Russia Nifantev is mostly found in: Republic of Karelia, where 18 percent are found, Tyumen Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Perm Krai, where 11 percent are found. Barring Russia Nifantev occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found and Finland, where 1 percent are found.

Nifantev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Nifantev last name is principally Orthodox (90%) in Russia.

In The United States Nifantev are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 42.86% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nifanteva94237/
Nifantiev9411/
Naifantev945/
Naifanteva895/
Nifantov881,931/
Nyfantev8826/
Nefantev887/
Nyfanteva8232/
Nefanteva829/
Nifontov751,863/
Nyfantov7524/
Nefantov752/
Nyfontov6382/
Nefontov6324/

Nifantev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nifantev in the Russian language
Нифантьевnifantev-

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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 Nifantev
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