Nähs Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nähs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nähs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183

Nähs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nähs occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nähs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nähs is the 2,808,717th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Nähs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nähs live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 1,916,797. In Germany it is most common in: Hesse, where 50 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 26 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nähse8918/
Näs86504/
Nhs86273/
Nähr75259/
Nehs75132/
Ånäs75113/
Näse75108/
Näth7591/
Näss7531/
Nhis7530/
Nhes7510/
Hnhs751/
Nhss751/
Nhjs751/
Nnhs751/
Nihs751/
Nähe751/
Nh678,135/
Neuhs67121/
Niehs6794/
Nhais6780/
Neihs6760/
Nhise6723/
Nuhys6716/
Nässe678/
Nishs672/
Neahs672/
Nihsd671/
Neshs671/
Njhds671/
Åhnäs671/
Nheis671/
Njhsj671/
Nhash671/

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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 Nähs
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