Nekey Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Nekey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nekey (35) may also be a first name.
Nekey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nekey (Russian: Некей) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Nekey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Nekey live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nekey is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 35 people.
The last name Nekey is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Nekey is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nekey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nekey in the Russian language | ||
| Некей | nekej | - |
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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 Nekey
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