Nelsons Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Nelsons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelsons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia211:97,62113,922
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Nelsons (30) may also be a first name.

Nelsons Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nelsons is found most in Latvia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nelsons click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelsons? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,185,033rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Nelsons live; 55 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in Baltic Europe. Nelsons is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held given name globally, held by 30 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 97,621. In Latvia Nelsons is most numerous in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 86 percent reside, Latgale, where 5 percent reside and Riga Planning Region, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Latvia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 42 percent reside and Saint Lucia, where 3 percent reside.

Nelsons Last Name Statistics demography

Nelsons earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 8.21% less than the national average, earning $45,603 CAD per year.

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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 Nelsons
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