Neknek Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Neknek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Neknek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Neknek (30) may also be a first name.

Neknek Last Name Facts

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

Neknek (Russian: Некнек) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Neknek? popularity and diffusion

Neknek is the 6,063,924th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Neknek are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 30 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Central Sulawesi, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngekngek868/
Naknek831/
Neknik831/
Niknik67236/
Necknig6249/
Nakhnik621/
Nykhnyk621/
Niecknig5715/
Nicknick5713/
Naiknaik579/
Necnik502/

Neknek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Neknek in the Russian language
Некнекneknek-

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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 Neknek
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