Nelana Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nelana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2901:186,82020,354
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
India51:153,413,076951,030
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nelana (42) may also be a first name.

Nelana Last Name Facts

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

Nelana is found most in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nelana.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelana? popularity and diffusion

Nelana is the 878,878th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Nelana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nelana are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nelana is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 42 people.

The surname Nelana is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 290 people, or 1 in 186,820. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Nelana is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Nelana Last Name Statistics demography

Nelana earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.36% less than the national average, earning R 182,136 per year.

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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 Nelana
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