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 surname Nelese has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nelese? popularity and diffusion
Nelese is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Nelese live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nelese is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
The last name Nelese is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 225,840. In Lesotho Nelese is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 89 percent reside and Qacha's Nek District, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Belgium, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Nelese
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