Näfe Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Näfe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
The alternate forms: Nafe (3,064) & Nafè (1) are calculated separately.
Näfe (19) may also be a first name.
Näfe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Näfe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Näfe is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Nafe or Nafè. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Näfe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Näfe is the 1,565,797th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Näfe reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 700,047. In Germany Näfe is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent reside, Saxony, where 22 percent reside and Hesse, where 21 percent reside. Other than Germany Näfe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nafe | 92 | 3,064 | / |
| Nafè | 83 | 1 | / |
| Näpfer | 80 | 40 | / |
| Nefe | 75 | 217 | / |
| Nofe | 75 | 101 | / |
| Nife | 75 | 56 | / |
| Nafie | 67 | 25,843 | / |
| Nafea | 67 | 13,253 | / |
| Naife | 67 | 12,596 | / |
| Nafee | 67 | 4,462 | / |
| Nafeh | 67 | 1,829 | / |
| Nafei | 67 | 1,223 | / |
| Nefes | 67 | 941 | / |
| Neffe | 67 | 549 | / |
| Neefe | 67 | 383 | / |
| Nafey | 67 | 240 | / |
| Nifer | 67 | 173 | / |
| Neife | 67 | 158 | / |
| Nefer | 67 | 125 | / |
| Nefed | 67 | 123 | / |
| Nnafe | 67 | 101 | / |
| Naefe | 67 | 99 | / |
| Nöfer | 67 | 65 | / |
| Nefei | 67 | 58 | / |
| Noffe | 67 | 55 | / |
| Naffe | 67 | 40 | / |
| Nefej | 67 | 21 | / |
| Noefe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nefeh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Niffe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nefea | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nefez | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hnife | 67 | 8 | / |
| Naafe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ngefe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nofie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nowfe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nafeu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nofeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyfej | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nayfe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nafhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Niofe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gnife | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nefie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nofej | 67 | 2 | / |
| Najfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nifed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyofe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nofeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noyfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nawfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nezfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyfes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nifet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neyfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nefey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nofey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Näfe
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