Nelese Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Nelese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 9 | 1:225,840 | 14,831 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Nelese (10) may also be a first name.
Nelese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nelese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nelese is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nelese? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nelese is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Nelese reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nelese is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 225,840. In Lesotho Nelese is most numerous in: Butha-Buthe District, where 89 percent live and Qacha's Nek District, where 11 percent live. Aside from Lesotho it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent live and Belgium, where 7 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 Nelese
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