Neklesa Surname

248,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Neklesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Neklesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1,3501:33,7214,891
Russia2291:629,35854,964
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Neklesa Last Name Facts

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

Neklesa (Georgian: ნეკლესა, Russian: Неклеса) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Neklesa.

How Common Is The Last Name Neklesa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Neklesa is the 248,111th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,549,030 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Neklesa reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Neklesa is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 1,350 people, or 1 in 33,721. In Ukraine Neklesa is mostly found in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 75 percent are found, Kirovohrad Oblast, where 7 percent are found and Donetsk Oblast, where 6 percent are found. Not including Ukraine this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 14 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent are found.

Neklesa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Neklesa last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neklessa9321/
Nyklesa8613/
Niklesa863/
Nekleso861/
Nekeelesha821/
Neklyasa806/
Neclesia801/
Nekkelsha751/
Necleso716/
Nekelse713/
Nakelsa711/
Nekeljai6714/
Nakkelsha633/
Niklitsas631/
Niklje621/
Niklja621/
Nicelze571/
Nakilza571/
Niclesio533/
Nichelso533/
Nikeljai531/
Nicklise530/
Nicklice530/
Nakkelzha501/
Nickelsey500/

Neklesa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Neklesa in the Georgian language
ნეკლესაneklesa-
Neklesa in the Russian language
Неклесаneklesa-

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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 Neklesa
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