Nishaf Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Israel

Nishaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nishaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India291:26,450,530346,896
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nishaf (75) may also be a first name.

Nishaf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nishaf (Hindi: नीशाफ) is found most in India. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nishaf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Nishaf is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Nishaf reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,116,575th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 75 people.

The last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 26,450,530. In India Nishaf is most frequent in: Kerala, where 79 percent reside, Bihar, where 10 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 10 percent reside. Beside India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nisaf91160/
Nishab8383/
Nissaf8320/
Nisaif8310/
Nishav839/
Nisafe831/
Nishaw831/
Nisaff831/
Nishova7712/
Nishoff777/
Nisahav771/
Nischof771/
Neishaw771/
Nisab73137/
Nisav739/
Nizaf735/
Nisaw732/
Nixaf731/
Nesaf731/
Nieshoff715/
Naishova711/
Nechaf67407/
Nisova67118/
Nisoff6738/
Neshaw6735/
Nichof6714/
Nishov6713/
Nisgav676/
Nichav676/
Naisav674/
Nisaph673/
Naisab673/
Nessaf672/
Neshav672/
Naisof671/
Nisaws671/
Nyshab671/
Niszof671/
Nishow671/
Nisaib671/
Néchaf671/
Nissab671/
Nushaw670/

Nishaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nishaf in the Hindi language
नीशाफnisapha50
निषादnisada50

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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 Nishaf
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