Nekei Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Nekei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nekei (17) may also be a first name.
Nekei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nekei is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nekei is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 59 percent of Nekei are found; 59 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 59 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread forename throughout the world It is held by 17 people.
The surname Nekei is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Nekei is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 94 percent are found and Madang, where 6 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 31 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Nekei
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