Nelma Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Nelma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1101:1,202,26584,863
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
United States71:51,779,848968,877
India61:127,844,230863,365
Solomon Islands61:96,67218,437
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
England11:55,718,059489,080
Macau11:601,6301,582
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

Nelma (41,404) may also be a first name.

Nelma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nelma (Hindi: नेलमा, Marathi: नेलमा, Russian: Нельма) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelma? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nelma is the 1,136,896th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Nelma are found; 53 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 52 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 21,617th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 41,404 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 1,202,265. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Sumatra, where 73 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 11 percent reside and West Kalimantan, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia Nelma is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent reside and Pakistan, where 8 percent reside.

Nelma Last Name Statistics demography

Nelma earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neelma9123/
Noelma9113/
Nelmas9111/
Nelmah918/
Nielma912/
Nelmaja834/
Neelmma833/
Nilma80129/
Nlema8048/
Nelmi8014/
Nelme803/
Nelmo802/
Nelmy802/
Nelmes732,494/
Nilmat7320/
Ngilma7310/
Nilmah736/
Nilmas735/
Nellmo734/
Nilmai734/
Noelmi733/
Nlmeha733/
Nglima732/
Nlmoha731/
Nilmad731/
Neelmi731/
Nelmoh731/
Nelmos731/
Nelmer730/
Nelmis730/
Nelmge730/
Nellmer6729/
Nlemaya675/
Nglimah671/
Nlmo671/

Nelma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nelma in the Marathi language
नेलमाnelama-
Nelma in the Hindi language
नेलमाnelama50
नीलमnilama50
Nelma in the Russian language
Нельмаnelma-

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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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  • 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 Nelma
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