Nepson Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

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

Nepson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nepson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Nepson (303) may also be a first name.

Nepson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nepson is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nepson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nepson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Nepson occurs mostly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Nepson reside; 43 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 43 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 505,965th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 303 people.

Nepson is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Nepson is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 92 percent reside and Manus, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 16 percent reside.

Nepson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nepson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nepson last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neipson921/
Nepsan83319/
Nipson8359/
Nebson839/
Nevson837/
Nepsen833/
Neipsan77213/
Nepsund7776/
Nepsand774/
Nipssong711/
Neipssan711/
Nipsan67100/
Nibson6732/
Nebsan6727/
Nipsen677/
Nepsam676/
Nypsen671/
Nivson671/
Nebsen670/
Nepchom6211/
Neibsan626/
Nibshon621/
Niepsuń621/
Nipshank5762/
Nippshank531/
Nibsan503/
Nipsam502/
Nebzan501/

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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 Nepson
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