Family name 奈斯 (Ness 
, 奈斯 
) , around the world, is a common surname. The cognomen 奈斯 is characteristic of British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Norway, and Morocco, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Algeria, and Norway. Much less frequently, 奈斯 is the forename as well as the last name.