Nafé

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Nafé is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Probably an Americanized form of German Neff or Nave (see Neve).

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 1.9M(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (measured from records)

1 people

Sources
22 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.9M (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Nafe in US United States, ES Spain, PH Philippines and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Probably an Americanized form of German Neff or Nave (see Neve).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nafé counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nafé is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia11 in 1.9M1——
PH Philippines———Nafe4
ES Spain——23Nafe10
BR Brazil———Nafe18
US United States——330Nafe22
CO Colombia———Nafe5
MX Mexico———Nafe5

1 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nafé is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Nafe

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nafé under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nafé mean, and where does it come from?
Probably an Americanized form of German Neff or Nave (see Neve). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Nafé have the most bearers?
In Latvia, the national register counted about 1 people named Nafé, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Nafé most common?
Nafé is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.9 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Nafé?
In Latvia, the national register counted 1 people named Nafé, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nafé”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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