Nelty Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nelty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Nelty (363) may also be a first name.

Nelty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nelty is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelty? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Nelty live; 85 percent live in Southeast Asia and 85 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nelty is also the 456,894th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 363 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 12,022,654. In Indonesia Nelty is primarily concentrated in: Riau, where 100 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Nelty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Nelty has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neltey911/
Nellty911/
Nlty891/
Nelti80294/
Nelta80163/
Nelte80108/
Nylty800/
Nilty800/
Noelte73237/
Neelti7312/
Niltuy7311/
Neltje7310/
Nelter733/
Neltha732/
Nelthi731/
Nielta731/
Nielte730/
Neeltje675/
Niltaya674/
Nlte674/
Nlta673/
Nelther672/
Neslter671/
Neelthi671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nelty
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