Nervous Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nervous Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nervous Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Nervous (439) may also be a first name.

Nervous Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nervous is most common in Malawi. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nervous.

How Common Is The Last Name Nervous? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Nervous occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Nervous are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 409,203rd most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 439 people.

This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Without taking into account Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 21 percent live and Iraq, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nervos926/
Nervus922/
Nerveus862/
Nervo831,306/
Nerveuse801/
Niervo77259/
Nerbus7717/
Nervoi7716/
Nervas777/
Nerveu771/
Ngervo771/
Nervue771/
Nerwos771/
Nervais71122/
Niervas7186/
Neerbos7124/
Nervaes7118/
Nervies716/
Nerveut711/
Nervaux711/
Nehrbos710/
Nerva67703/
Nehrboss6753/
Nerbo6724/
Nerbu676/
Nerua672/
Neruo672/

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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 Nervous
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