Nenese Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nenese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nenese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho121:169,38013,459
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nenese (23) may also be a first name.

Nenese Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nenese is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nenese? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Nenese reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 23 people.

The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 169,380. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 67 percent are found and Quthing District, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 13 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nengese92193/
Neneses9226/
Nenesse923/
Nenesee921/
Ngenese921/
Nenes91633/
Nengeshe8643/
Nenessea8610/
Nenetsea861/
Ngenes8391/
Nenesi8368/
Neanes8349/
Neunes8347/
Neneas8317/
Neynes8315/
Neneje8311/
Nenege8311/
Nienes838/
Nenesa835/
Nenges834/
Gnenes834/
Neness833/
Nehnes833/
Nenece832/
Nenose832/
Nenets831/
Nynese831/
Nenase831/
Neneez831/
Nenesh831/
Neines831/
Nonese831/
Nanese831/
Nenesy831/
Neneus831/
Nenise830/
Neneche7797/
Nengeze7778/
Ngeneze7742/
Nanesse7722/
Nenezes7718/
Nenedje7715/
Neijnes7712/
Niehnes779/
Neneger774/
Nienies774/
Ninesse772/
Nenytse772/
Neinest771/
Nenisee771/
Neneege771/
Nenessi771/
Gneneze771/
Noenise771/
Nienhes771/
Nenetts770/
Nines73397/
Nenez73199/
Nenis7396/
Nynes7349/
Nenês731/
Nenys731/
Njnes731/
Nhnes731/
Neniceas7162/
Nhengeze7125/
Nenesich715/
Gnenedje712/
Gnenessi712/
Neneager711/
Nengeshi711/
Ngeneshi711/
Gnenezei711/
Niones673,059/
Naynes671,004/
Nonose67594/
Nanase67432/
Naines67263/
Ninise67174/
Ninose67160/
Nanise67124/
Neanez6796/
Nonise6757/
Ngenis6747/
Niness6735/
Neunez6727/
Ninesh6720/
Nenasi6719/
Neneji6715/
Neniez6715/
Ninges6714/
Nenish6713/
Gnegnessi6710/
Ninase679/
Nesnes678/
Nignes677/
Neneza676/
Nuines675/
Neneci674/
Nanose673/
Nonase673/
Nenisa673/
Nenisi673/
Nenosi672/
Nuynes672/
Noines672/
Nettnetts671/
Nenice671/
Ninesi671/
Ninies671/
Nenegi671/
Neuñes671/
Ngnegnesi671/
Nynies671/
Ninesa671/
Nenhsi671/
Neinhiser670/
Neineiger670/
Noynes670/
Nenois670/
Neinis670/
Nyness670/
Gnines670/
Neanis670/
Neinez670/

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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 Nenese
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