Nyffels Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Nyffels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyffels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1181:97,42914,924
France351:1,897,792163,564
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyffels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyffels has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyffels? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,403,590th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Nyffels occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Nyffels are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 97,429. In Belgium Nyffels is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 93 percent live and Walloon Region, where 7 percent live. Barring Belgium this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 23 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noffels8630/
Niffels861/
Nijffels8017/
Nyflis7717/
Nafels771/
Neufels7130/
Knafels7117/
Knefels7111/
Knaffls715/
Neffles711/
Neff-Elias711/
Nuyvels711/
Nyvelius6778/
Nefelesi677/
Nevls672/
Nefelias671/
Nifelass671/
Nafls671/
Neofelis671/
Nafelese671/
Nofelisa671/
Nifles625/

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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 Nyffels
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