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.

Neskens Surname Distribution Map

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 surname Neskens has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Neskens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,218,745th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Neskens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Neskens are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 986,211th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 93 people.

The last name Neskens is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 61,152. In Belgium Neskens is most common in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent live, Walloon Region, where 18 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Belgium this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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