Nekounam Surname

236,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,696 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Nekounam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nekounam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,6871:45,5145,173
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nekounam (13) may also be a first name.

Nekounam Last Name Facts

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

Nekounam is most common in Iran. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nekounam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 236,849th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,296,902 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nekounam are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 13 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 1,687 people, or 1 in 45,514. In Iran Nekounam is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 40 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 11 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 6 percent are found. Besides Iran this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nekonam9319/
Nekunam9314/
Nekoonam8817/
Nikounam881/
Nekoname881/
Nekuonam881/
Nikonam80414/
Nikunam80149/
Nekanam8036/
Neykanam755/
Nikkonam752/
Nikoonam752/
Nikunnam751/
Neconham750/
Nikanam67177/
Nikangam631/

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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 Nekounam
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