Necholas Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Necholas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Necholas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Necholas (73) may also be a first name.

Necholas Last Name Facts

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

Necholas occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Necholas? popularity and diffusion

Necholas is the 4,908,606th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Necholas are found; 31 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Necholas is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held first name globally, held by 73 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Necholas is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 20 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 20 percent reside and Benue, where 20 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.

Necholas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Necholas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Necholas surname declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Necholas
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