Nessfield Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Nessfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nessfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:1,989,93178,001
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Nessfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nessfield is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nessfield? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nessfield is the 3,100,440th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Nessfield reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 1,989,931. In England it is most prevalent in: Cambridgeshire, where 39 percent live, Leicestershire, where 21 percent live and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 18 percent live. Excluding England Nessfield is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 28 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Nessfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Nessfield has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nesfield94379/
Niefield8233/
Neifield8224/
Nesfeldt8216/
Neesfeld828/
Neusfeld822/
Nasfield821/
Netfield820/
Nefiel80196/
Nissfeldt7812/
Neufieldt781/
Nashfield780/
Nyfield7526/
Nifield755/
Näsfeldt7114/
Nifieldt710/
Nifiel671/
Näsfelt638/
Nyfjeld637/
Nefelova595/
Nefilova592/
Näsfält5012/

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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
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  • 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 Nessfield
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