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 carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nepson? popularity and diffusion

Nepson is the 3,228,735th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Nepson reside; 43 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 43 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Nepson is also the 505,965th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 303 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Nepson is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 92 percent are found and Manus, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 16 percent are found.

Nepson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nepson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nepson surname decreased 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
  • 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 Nepson
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