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 most common in Lesotho. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nelese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Nelese are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name worldwide, held by 10 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 225,840. In Lesotho Nelese is primarily concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 89 percent reside and Qacha's Nek District, where 11 percent reside. Barring Lesotho this last name 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
- 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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