Nufus Surname
Approximately 6,244 people bear this surname
Nufus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6,095 | 1:21,698 | 2,639 |
| Israel | 141 | 1:60,692 | 7,726 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Nüfus (1) & Nüfüs (1) are calculated separately.
Nufus (253) may also be a first name.
Nufus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nufus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nufus is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be found as: Nüfus or Nüfüs. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nufus? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 78,245th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,167,128 people. Nufus occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nufus reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nufus is also the 560,146th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 253 people.
The surname Nufus is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 6,095 people, or 1 in 21,698. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Banten, where 25 percent live, Aceh, where 19 percent live and East Java, where 13 percent live. Barring Indonesia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
Nufus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Nufus has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nüfus | 93 | 1 | / |
| Neufus | 91 | 83 | / |
| Nufhus | 91 | 6 | / |
| Noufus | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nufuis | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nnufus | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nufu | 89 | 340 | / |
| Nüfüs | 87 | 1 | / |
| Neufuss | 83 | 98 | / |
| Noufous | 83 | 6 | / |
| Neufuhs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngufu | 80 | 172 | / |
| Nifus | 80 | 132 | / |
| Nufuz | 80 | 31 | / |
| Naufu | 80 | 17 | / |
| Noufu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nufeu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nuffu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nufou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nufau | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nufui | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nufuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nuhfu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noufouss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Noufou | 73 | 9,120 | / |
| Nufouy | 73 | 25 | / |
| Ngoufu | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nuphus | 73 | 11 | / |
| Neufuß | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nuifau | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nufuzh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nufoos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neufou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngaufu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Noufeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niffus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neufusová | 71 | 74 | / |
| Neufusova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Naufahu | 67 | 140 | / |
| Nouffou | 67 | 91 | / |
| Neufussová | 67 | 45 | / |
| Nuphaus | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ngoufou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nnoufou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngoufeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neufussova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noufuha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noufgou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nufus
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