Nexson Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Nexson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Nexson (248) may also be a first name.
Nexson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nexson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nexson is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nexson.
How Common Is The Last Name Nexson? popularity and diffusion
Nexson is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Nexson reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nexson is also the 566,287th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 248 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 86 percent are found, Borno, where 5 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Nexson
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