Neskens Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Neskens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Neskens Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1881:61,1529,850
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Neskens (93) may also be a first name.

Neskens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Neskens is found most frequently in Belgium. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Neskens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,218,745th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname Neskens is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Neskens reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Neskens is also the 986,211th most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 93 people.

This surname is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 61,152. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent live, Walloon Region, where 18 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Belgium this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nieskens93479/
Neeskens93338/
Neyskens93102/
Neuskens9344/
Nyskens8617/
Niskens8611/
Neskins861/
Nijskens80433/
Neixkens8022/
Neyschens7559/
Noskins711/
Naskins711/
Nyschens6755/
Nozkins572/
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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 Neskens
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