Nellys Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Nellys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nellys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Nellys (25,059) may also be a first name.

Nellys Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nellys is held by more people in The Dominican Republic than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nellys? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Nellys live; 55 percent live in Caribbean and 55 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 31,936th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 25,059 people.

The last name is most widely held in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 193,202. Not including The Dominican Republic this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nellis835,456/
Nelles835,373/
Nellyz832/
Nellist77921/
Nellies77209/
Nielles7786/
Nelless7771/
Nellish7712/
Nellgis778/
Nuelles773/
Noellis772/
Nellios772/
Nellise772/
Nelliss771/
Niellis771/
Nellesø771/
Nellest770/
Nelleus770/
Nllis731/
Nellisse712/
Nilles674,523/
Nellez6718/
Nillis6715/
Nillès677/
Nellix671/
Nelliz671/
Néllis671/
Nellisová671/

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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 Nellys
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