Nelaev Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Nelaev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelaev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia4961:290,57129,949
Ukraine171:2,677,806165,194
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736

Nelaev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nelaev (Russian: Нелаев) is found most in Russia. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nelaev.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelaev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 599,225th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. The last name Nelaev is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Nelaev are found; 53 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 53 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 290,571. In Russia Nelaev is mostly found in: Vologda Oblast, where 27 percent are found, Novosibirsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found and Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 7 percent are found. Not including Russia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 3 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent are found.

Nelaev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (96%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Nelaev last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nelayev922/
Nelyaev921/
Nelav913/
Nelev912/
Nelajevs861/
Nelajeva861/
Nalaev8372/
Nelaef8319/
Nilaev834/
Nylaev832/
Neelav832/
Nealav831/
Neliev831/
Neleev831/
Neloev831/
Nislaev776/
Nehelev773/
Niolaev773/
Nilyaev772/
Nilav73131/
Nolev7361/
Nelov7338/
Nalav7333/
Nalev737/
Nilev732/
Nolav731/
Nölev731/
Neelov67266/
Naloev6735/
Nailev6719/
Ånelöv6715/
Neilov6712/
Naleev6712/
Nealov6711/
Neylov678/
Nilhav675/
Nailav673/
Nielov673/
Nehlov673/
Neulov672/
Nileev672/
Noloev671/
Naylev671/

Nelaev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nelaev in the Russian language
Нелаевnelaev-

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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 Nelaev
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