Nelly Surname
Approximately 5,878 people bear this surname
Nelly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,459 | 1:90,644 | 9,494 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| DR Congo | 486 | 1:152,016 | 15,865 |
| Nigeria | 427 | 1:414,854 | 21,592 |
| United States | 401 | 1:903,888 | 68,085 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Kenya | 360 | 1:128,278 | 10,569 |
| France | 178 | 1:373,161 | 55,519 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Solomon Islands | 101 | 1:5,743 | 817 |
| India | 86 | 1:8,919,365 | 180,249 |
| Russia | 85 | 1:1,695,565 | 111,577 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Botswana | 77 | 1:28,402 | 5,684 |
| Australia | 51 | 1:529,327 | 39,816 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| Sweden | 41 | 1:240,165 | 16,652 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| Mexico | 36 | 1:3,447,950 | 24,458 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Lebanon | 31 | 1:181,841 | 8,070 |
| Brazil | 30 | 1:7,135,811 | 166,009 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Tunisia | 25 | 1:24,425 | 3,774 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Colombia | 15 | 1:3,184,938 | 14,936 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1:490,251 | 25,911 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 113 | 1:39,202 | 3,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 44 | 1:553,986 | 29,025 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 127 | 1:395,423 | 29,402 |
The alternate forms: Nélly (1) are calculated separately.
Nelly (910,410) may also be a first name.
Nelly Demographics
Average Nelly Salary in
United States
$40,429 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nelly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nelly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nelly (Arabic: نيللى, Hindi: नेली, Marathi: नेली) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Nélly. Click here for further potential spellings of Nelly.
How Common Is The Last Name Nelly? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 82,447th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,239,800 people. The last name Nelly occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Nelly reside; 27 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 25 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,019th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 910,410 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,459 people, or 1 in 90,644. In Indonesia Nelly is mostly found in: West Sumatra, where 17 percent live, Riau, where 15 percent live and North Sumatra, where 11 percent live. Not including Indonesia it is found in 122 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 percent live.
Nelly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Nelly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nelly surname expanded 316 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 20 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 83 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nelly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Nelly last name is principally Catholic (88%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Sunni (63%) in Lebanon and Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Nelly last name are 5.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.54% registered with the political party.
The amount Nelly earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 41.79% less than the national average, earning $13,215,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 6.3% less than the national average, earning $40,429 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nélly | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nelley | 91 | 160 | / |
| Nielly | 91 | 144 | / |
| Neelly | 91 | 74 | / |
| Nelloy | 91 | 49 | / |
| Nellya | 91 | 29 | / |
| Nellay | 91 | 9 | / |
| Nellly | 91 | 2 | / |
| Hnelly | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nnelly | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nelliy | 91 | 0 | / |
| Neelley | 83 | 249 | / |
| Nellaya | 83 | 213 | / |
| Niellya | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nielley | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nehelly | 83 | 1 | / |
| D'Nelly | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nuelley | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nelli | 80 | 14,451 | / |
| Nelle | 80 | 2,137 | / |
| Nella | 80 | 1,966 | / |
| Nilly | 80 | 444 | / |
| Nölly | 80 | 28 | / |
| Nellè | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nellé | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nly | 75 | 9 | / |
| Nellis | 73 | 5,456 | / |
| Nelles | 73 | 5,373 | / |
| Noelle | 73 | 4,590 | / |
| Neller | 73 | 2,343 | / |
| Neella | 73 | 693 | / |
| Niella | 73 | 589 | / |
| Nuelle | 73 | 468 | / |
| Nellie | 73 | 76 | / |
| Nielle | 73 | 71 | / |
| Nellai | 73 | 68 | / |
| Nielli | 73 | 55 | / |
| Noelli | 73 | 36 | / |
| Nellee | 73 | 24 | / |
| Gnelle | 73 | 23 | / |
| Naelle | 73 | 18 | / |
| Nellez | 73 | 18 | / |
| Nelleh | 73 | 16 | / |
| Gnelli | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nellia | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nillay | 73 | 9 | / |
| Nellio | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nellet | 73 | 7 | / |
| Neelli | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nnelli | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngilly | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nilley | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nellui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nelloi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuilly | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nellée | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyolly | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nelliz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naelli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neulle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nlloyd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nellit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nellist | 67 | 921 | / |
| Nellett | 67 | 191 | / |
| Nelless | 67 | 71 | / |
| Nellich | 67 | 18 | / |
| Noellie | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nellish | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nley | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nlla | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nellhed | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hnly | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nellerr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nlya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nellech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nelliss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neellie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niellie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nlli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nellesø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngnelle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Næly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gneller | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nllj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nlyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nlyz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nislley | 67 | 0 | / |
| Nellest | 67 | 0 | / |
Nelly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nelly in the Hindi language | ||
| नेली | neli | - |
| Nelly in the Marathi language | ||
| नेली | neli | - |
| Nelly in the Arabic language | ||
| نيللى | nylly | - |
| نيلى | nyly | - |
| نللى | nlly | - |
| نيللي | nylly | - |
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