Niekoop Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Niekoop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niekoop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands921:183,55626,152
Suriname891:6,2091,452
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Niekoop Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niekoop is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niekoop? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,235,409th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Niekoop reside; 49 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 183,556. In The Netherlands Niekoop is most common in: North Holland, where 37 percent are found, South Holland, where 21 percent are found and North Brabant, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands Niekoop exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Suriname, where 47 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niekkoop931/
Nikop8310/
Nekop837/
Nijkoops8026/
Nukoop7725/
Nyekop774/
Nikoov772/
Neekop771/
Nitkop771/
Naikop771/
Nitkhop7131/
Niokhop714/
Njuikop712/
Nekov67196/
Nikap6767/
Nicop6751/
Nayikopp6713/
Necop679/
Nikob678/
Nekob672/
Nekap672/
Nekhophe671/
Nukop671/
Ngouekop671/

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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 Niekoop
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