Niff Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Niff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Niff (23) may also be a first name.

Niff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Niff occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Niff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Niff live; 38 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 23 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 25 percent are found, Colorado, where 13 percent are found and Connecticut, where 13 percent are found. Apart from The United States Niff is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent are found and Russia, where 19 percent are found.

Niff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Niff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Niff last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neiff89428/
Naiff89214/
Niffe8916/
Nieff891/
Niffs890/
Nif8688/
Neiffe8018/
Naiffe801/
Neff7542,513/
Naif7510,574/
Nief75554/
Neif75246/
Hnif7569/
Näff7561/
Niof7556/
Nife7556/
Nisf7532/
Nitf7511/
Nift753/
Nifs752/
Nihf752/
Nhif752/
Noif752/
Ngif751/
Nyff751/
Nipf751/
Nnif751/
Nuif751/
Niwf751/
Nizf751/
Nifh751/
Gnif751/
Naissff731/
Naife6712,596/
Neffe67549/
Neeff67356/
Neife67158/
Naaif6744/
Neuff6725/
Hnaif6716/
Hneif6714/
Hnife678/
Neift677/
Neffs674/
Nayff672/
Gnife672/
Neyff671/
Naifs671/
Nishf671/
Hhnif671/
Noisf671/
Nejff671/
Nhaif671/
Niohf671/
Nissf671/
Hneff671/
Nyoff671/
Neifs670/
Neaff670/
Newff670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Niff
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