Nek Forename

23,530th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 37,322 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Nek Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Nek Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India
87%
 
21,1161:57,5347,596
Pakistan
76%
 
13,5211:14,3751,358
Malaysia
51%
 
1,0151:30,0002,767
Vietnam
65%
 
5491:168,7121,210
Russia
97%
 
4861:296,7773,872
Indonesia
60%
 
2741:941,47359,476
Thailand
76%
 
471:1,490,76246,917
England
55%
 
431:1,293,09119,481
United States-391:9,295,82095,955
Papua New Guinea
68%
 
391:209,03417,752
Cambodia
51%
 
381:428,2469,838
Philippines
93%
 
171:6,235,852101,317
Germany
79%
 
111:8,788,89831,109
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
Canada-71:4,733,33948,640
Belarus
100%
71:1,354,6266,726
Kazakhstan
100%
61:2,957,80819,121
Greece-51:2,186,91011,382
Mexico-41:31,036,10761,748
Italy
99%
 
41:15,265,52238,916
Peru
100%
41:7,947,86448,688
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Tajikistan
100%
41:2,093,7305,016
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Bangladesh
100%
41:39,865,34224,379
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
France-31:22,156,78046,973
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
Uganda
100%
31:13,652,30774,436
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Netherlands
100%
31:5,634,02829,480
Sweden
67%
 
31:3,285,96941,581
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Romania-21:10,025,98847,037
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Nigeria-21:88,782,180420,186
Armenia-21:1,459,37610,220
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Kosovo-21:930,72016,593
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Colombia
100%
11:47,778,92695,497
Egypt
100%
11:91,900,94653,283
Ethiopia
100%
11:97,560,13329,608
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513

Nek (5,699) may also be a surname.

Nek Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niek8613,668/
Neak865,210/
Neke861,691/
Ngek861,285/
Neek861,263/
Neik86405/
Neck86324/
Nekh8672/
Nnek8620/
Neuk8618/
Neyk8617/
Nhek8616/
Nekë8614/
Nehk8610/
Nekk867/
Nekc862/
Hnek862/
Nekq861/
Negk861/
Nekg861/
Nejk861/
Nneke75324/
Nieck75132/
Nekke7558/
Neeke7556/
Neike7555/
Nekhe7529/
Necke7517/
Nechk757/
Neick757/
Neakh756/
Neyke756/
Neksh755/
Nekht754/
Neyck753/
Neeck753/
Neekh753/
Neake753/
Nekhs752/
Nheck752/
Neekz752/
Neehk752/
na Ek752/
Neskë752/
Neesk752/
Neikh752/
Nyekw751/
Neykk751/
Netks751/
Neqkp751/
Nekkz751/
Nhiek751/
Nheuk751/
Neshk751/
Niehk751/
Neukh751/
Ngekk751/
Ngeek751/
Nneak751/
Nekth751/
Neack751/
Nik67180,285/
Nec67919/
Nyk67827/
Neg67789/
Nex67136/
Neq6736/
Njk6722/
Neekht679/
Nhieck672/
Neikhe672/
Nekova672/
Neacke671/
Nooiek671/
Nohiek671/
Nneake671/
na Yek671/
Neakhe671/
Necksz671/
Neekhe671/
Neekke671/
Neekss671/
Ngehjk671/
Ngekkh671/
Netcke671/
Naheek671/
Neëske671/
Neshke671/

Nek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nek in the Russian language
Некnek-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • 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 Nek