Neelma Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Maldives

Neelma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Neelma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India71:109,580,769786,157
Maldives71:57,7392,642
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Neelma (2,439) may also be a first name.

Neelma Last Name Facts

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

Neelma (Hindi: नीलमा, Marathi: नेलमा) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Neelma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Neelma occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Neelma live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 149,908th most widely held first name internationally, held by 2,439 people.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Neelma is most frequent in: Telangana, where 57 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 43 percent reside. Excluding India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 30 percent reside and Pakistan, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neelmma923/
Nelma91212/
Noelma8313/
Nelmas8311/
Nelmah838/
Neilma832/
Nielma832/
Neelmi831/
Nelmaja774/
Nowelma773/
Nealmma772/
Neilema771/
Nilma73129/
Nlema7348/
Nelmi7314/
Nelme733/
Nelmo732/
Nelmy732/
Nealemay714/
Nelmes672,494/
Nilmat6720/
Ngilma6710/
Nilmah676/
Nilmas675/
Nilmai674/
Nellmo674/
Nlmeha673/
Noelmi673/
Nglima672/
Naylma671/
Nilmad671/
Nlmoha671/
Nelmoh671/
Nelmos671/
Nelmge670/
Nelmis670/
Nelmer670/

Neelma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Neelma in the Marathi language
नेलमाnelama-
Neelma in the Hindi language
नीलमाnilama72.09
नीलमnilama13.95
नीलिमाnilima9.3
निलीमाnilima2.33
निलमाnilama2.33

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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
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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 Neelma
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