Nerei Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Nerei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Nérei (1) are calculated separately.
Nerei (221) may also be a first name.
Nerei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nerei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nerei is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Nérei. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nerei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nerei is the 3,373,373rd most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Nerei occurs mostly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Nerei are found; 53 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 606,684th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 221 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Nerei is most common in: West New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 18 percent reside and Japan, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Nerei
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