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 last name Nellins is found most in Northern Ireland. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nellins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nellins is the 1,666,404th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Nellins are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 23,654. In Northern Ireland Nellins is mostly found in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Besides Northern Ireland it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent live and Wales, where 3 percent live.

Nellins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nellins has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nellins Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Nellins last name is primarily 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
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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 Nellins
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