Nelei Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Nelei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nelei (168) may also be a first name.
Nelei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nelei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nelei is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nelei.
How Common Is The Last Name Nelei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,828,462nd most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name Nelei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Nelei live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 705,855th most frequent given name at a global level It is held by 168 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 581,776. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Nelei exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nelei
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