Neijens Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Neijens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Neijens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium921:124,96418,228
Netherlands881:191,90026,970
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Neijens Last Name Facts

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

Neijens is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Neijens click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Neijens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Neijens is the 1,244,200th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Neijens live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 124,964. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 13 percent reside. Besides Belgium Neijens is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 47 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noeijens931/
Neijns9219/
Nijens923/
Nuijens86394/
Neujens8666/
Noijens8651/
Neisens8639/
Niens83562/
Nijns83322/
Nooijens80375/
Neutjens80100/
Neuens77689/
Nesins7718/
Njense773/
Nezins772/
Nizens772/
Negens772/
Niensh771/
Nezens771/
Neuins771/
Nisens771/
Negins771/
Nicens770/
Nieins770/
Naesens7191/
Neusens7114/
Neysens718/
Nichens712/
Netjins711/
Neihauzens711/
Najeens711/
Nuijems711/
Nerzens710/
Neuinse710/
Niesens710/
Neutgens67224/
Niessens6733/
Ngens674/
Nettgens673/
Nienz673/
Nyens672/
Njenx671/
Nièns671/
Neychens671/
Njems671/

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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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  • 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 Neijens
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