Nepos Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

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

Nepos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nepos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
France41:16,605,680368,153
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Nepos (190) may also be a first name.

Nepos Last Name Facts

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

Nepos (Russian: Непос) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nepos? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nepos is the 3,602,217th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Nepos live; 63 percent live in Oceania Islands and 63 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 659,352nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 190 people.

It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 47 percent live, New Ireland, where 47 percent live and National Capital District, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nepost9152/
Nepohs911/
Nepose910/
Nepo894,845/
Neeposh83180/
Nepoose8396/
Neepose833/
Neposse833/
Gnepo801,640/
Nepas80457/
Nepop80385/
Napos8071/
Nespo8065/
Nepot8047/
Ngepo8043/
Nepus8038/
Niepo8037/
Nepoh8029/
Neppo8020/
Neepo8018/
Nipos8011/
Neipo807/
Nopos805/
Nepou804/
Nepod803/
Nhepo801/
Neppas73707/
Nepusz7344/
Nepoux7342/
Néposz7319/
Nieppo7315/
Niepas7311/
Nepase737/
Nespas735/
Nepouh732/
Gnepou732/
Nephus732/
Nipost732/
Nepout731/
Nehpoo731/
Noposh731/
Niepou731/
Niepoa731/
Ngepoh731/
Ngepgo731/
Nepuis731/
Neppou731/
Nepouc731/
Nephas731/
Nepaus731/
Nehpoh731/
Nespou731/
Naposh731/
Naphos731/
Niepoh731/
Neipot730/
Nepa6714,038/
Nipo671,152/
Nespoux67197/
Neypoux673/
Neupouh673/
Naipois671/
Nopoosh671/
Gneppoh671/
Népo671/
Ngepgou671/
Nepotch671/
Nepasse671/
Nypo671/
Neephoa671/
Neapass670/
Neppash670/
Neipoth670/

Nepos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nepos in the Russian language
Непосnepos-

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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 Nepos
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