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 has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 59 percent of Nekei live; 59 percent live in Oceania Islands and 59 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous given name globally, held by 17 people.
Nekei is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Nekei is most common in: West Sepik, where 94 percent reside and Madang, where 6 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent reside and Iran, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Nekei
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