Nifras Surname

115,432nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Nifras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nifras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,3621:6,189905
Philippines5081:199,28831,481
Qatar661:35,7273,681
United Arab Emirates431:213,07614,246
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
England21:27,859,030389,889
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Nifras (588) may also be a first name.

Nifras Last Name Facts

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

Nifras is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nifras? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 115,432nd most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,431 people. The surname Nifras occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nifras are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 345,036th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 588 people.

The last name Nifras is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 3,362 people, or 1 in 6,189. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent are found and Qatar, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nifra917/
Nifraz83596/
Nefras835/
Naifra831/
Nifraj831/
Nifro7339/
Nefra7321/
Nefrah6790/
Nefros6766/
Nefrat671/
Nifrey671/
Nifroz671/
Neifrei624/
Noiphrai5711/
Neaffraud530/
Nefrou5026/
Hnefro501/

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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 Nifras
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