Neko Surname
Approximately 4,997 people bear this surname
Neko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,493 | 1:51,428 | 5,714 |
| Russia | 1,372 | 1:105,046 | 12,852 |
| Japan | 668 | 1:191,384 | 8,774 |
| Kenya | 309 | 1:149,450 | 11,887 |
| Lesotho | 137 | 1:14,836 | 3,243 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Indonesia | 118 | 1:1,120,756 | 80,521 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77 | 1:105,892 | 14,318 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| Vietnam | 68 | 1:1,362,442 | 2,052 |
| Kazakhstan | 61 | 1:289,877 | 24,582 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Ukraine | 50 | 1:910,454 | 87,604 |
| Belarus | 41 | 1:231,733 | 28,176 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 1:30,528 | 6,049 |
| Albania | 15 | 1:194,270 | 13,224 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Ñeko (1) are calculated separately.
Neko (2,940) may also be a first name.
Neko Demographics
Average Male Neko Height
170.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Neko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Neko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Neko (Hindi: नेको, Marathi: नेको, Russian: Неко, Tibetan: ཉི་ཀོ།) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Ñeko. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Neko? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 95,237th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,458,384 people. Neko occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Neko live; 30 percent live in South Asia and 30 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 133,774th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 2,940 people.
Neko is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 1,493 people, or 1 in 51,428. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 28 percent reside, Qom Province, where 17 percent reside and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Iran it exists in 71 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 27 percent reside and Japan, where 13 percent reside.
Neko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Neko last name is predominantly Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
The amount Neko earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 31.48% less than the national average, earning R 162,828 per year and in United States they earn 42.11% less than the national average, earning $24,979 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Neko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Neko in the Hindi language | ||
| नेको | neko | - |
| Neko in the Marathi language | ||
| नेको | neko | - |
| Neko in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཉི་ཀོ། | nyiko | 50 |
| གནས་ཀོ། | néko | 50 |
| Neko in the Russian language | ||
| Неко | neko | - |
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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 Neko
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