Nestors Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nestors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nestors (37) may also be a first name.
Nestors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nestors Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nestors (Russian: Несторс) is found in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nestors click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nestors? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Nestors reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 22 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Nestors is also the 1,688,769th most numerous forename in the world, held by 37 people.
The surname is most numerous in Latvia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 1,025,023. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Latvia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nestors Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nestors in the Russian language | ||
| Несторс | nestors | - |
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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 Nestors
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