Nelissen Surname

80,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,046 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

Nelissen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelissen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,1201:5,413571
Belgium2,3331:4,928564
Germany1971:408,65737,472
United States1321:2,745,901164,003
Canada811:454,88439,362
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Luxembourg241:24,1894,693
France211:3,162,987209,042
England171:3,277,533109,658
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Norway71:734,61250,907
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

The alternate forms: Nélissen (39) are calculated separately.

Nelissen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nelissen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nelissen has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can appear in the variant forms: Nélissen. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelissen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 80,535th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,205,350 people. The surname Nelissen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Nelissen are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Nelissen is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3,120 people, or 1 in 5,413. In The Netherlands Nelissen is primarily concentrated in: Limburg, where 43 percent are found, North Brabant, where 24 percent are found and North Holland, where 11 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 34 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 39 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Nelissen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nelissen last name are 32.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.17% registered with the party.

The amount Nelissen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 355.01% more than the national average, earning R 1,081,270 per year; in United States they earn 20.64% more than the national average, earning $52,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.78% less than the national average, earning $42,836 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

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