Namnieks Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Namnieks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namnieks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia551:37,2745,668
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Namnieks Last Name Facts

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

Namnieks (Russian: Намниекс) is found most in Latvia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namnieks? popularity and diffusion

Namnieks is the 2,352,516th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Namnieks is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Namnieks reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 37,274. In Latvia Namnieks is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 53 percent live, Vidzeme, where 22 percent live and Semigallia, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 9 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namniecks949/
Namniek9312/
Naniek8650/
Namnyek802/
Nanyik714/
Nangek711/
Nanyek711/
Nanjeke67147/
Naumnikova6714/
Nanyeck674/
Nanyike673/
Nanyeke671/
Naniegh671/
Nanjekhe6380/
Nanikova6376/
Nhomngek631/
Nganyeck631/
Naniegue631/
Naagnaik631/
Nanniheug592/
Namjig5746/
Nongek573/
Nanjic571/
Naumnykova561/
Nonjeke5392/
Nganyig531/
Nonikova507/

Namnieks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namnieks in the Russian language
Намниексnamnieks-

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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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  • 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 Namnieks
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