Nellins Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Nellins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nellins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland781:23,6542,695
England321:1,741,18971,393
Wales41:773,63329,106
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Nellins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nellins has its highest incidence in Northern Ireland. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nellins.

How Common Is The Last Name Nellins? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nellins is the 1,666,404th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Nellins live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Nellins is most commonly occurring in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 23,654. In Northern Ireland Nellins is most prevalent in: Ulster, where 100 percent reside. Beside Northern Ireland this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent reside and Wales, where 3 percent reside.

Nellins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nellins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nellins last name declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nellins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Nellins surname is predominantly Anglican (87%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nellens8680/
Nellims860/
Nelns832/
Neullens8013/
Nillions801/
Nuellens801/
Nelnns770/
Nlns731/
Nellems7122/
Nlnns671/
Nelnz670/
Nlnx551/
Nlems502/
Nlenz501/

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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 Nellins
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