Neels Surname
Approximately 5,460 people bear this surname
Neels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,438 | 1:22,222 | 2,811 |
| Belgium | 669 | 1:17,185 | 2,636 |
| United States | 612 | 1:592,253 | 48,330 |
| Germany | 427 | 1:188,537 | 21,891 |
| Canada | 389 | 1:94,719 | 10,322 |
| Netherlands | 334 | 1:50,560 | 8,670 |
| Namibia | 223 | 1:10,804 | 2,036 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| New Zealand | 87 | 1:52,050 | 8,333 |
| England | 67 | 1:831,613 | 44,286 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
Neels (2,087) may also be a first name.
Neels Demographics
Average Neels Salary in
United States
$49,767 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Neels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Neels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Neels has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Neels? popularity and diffusion
It is the 88,035th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,334,715 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Neels reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Neels is also the 164,802nd most common forename globally, held by 2,087 people.
The surname Neels is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,438 people, or 1 in 22,222. In South Africa Neels is most numerous in: Northern Cape, where 48 percent reside, Free State, where 19 percent reside and Western Cape, where 15 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Neels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Neels has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,493 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 258 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 25 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Neels Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Neels surname are 0.4% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.83% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Neels earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 36.26% less than the national average, earning R 151,476 per year; in United States they earn 15.34% more than the national average, earning $49,767 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.95% more than the national average, earning $50,651 CAD per year.
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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 Neels
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