de Nelson Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
de Nelson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
de Nelson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name de Nelson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name de Nelson is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name de Nelson? popularity and diffusion
The surname de Nelson is the 3,602,217th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name de Nelson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of de Nelson reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The surname de Nelson is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 7,645,512. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Minas Gerais, where 57 percent reside, São Paulo, where 21 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 7 percent reside. Barring Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 de Nelson
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