Nelges Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Nelges Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Nelges Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nelges Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nelges is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nelges.
How Common Is The Last Name Nelges? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Nelges are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 947,123. In Germany Nelges is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent are found, Hesse, where 25 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Nelges Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nelges has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nelges surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Nelges
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