Nikkelen Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Nikkelen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nikkelen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1251:135,09720,820
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nikkelen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nikkelen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikkelen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,434,893rd most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Nikkelen occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Nikkelen are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Nikkelen is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 135,097. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 68 percent live, North Brabant, where 18 percent live and Utrecht, where 7 percent live. Beside The Netherlands it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nikelen932/
Nikeleng881/
Nicklen80469/
Nikolen8013/
Nikelin804/
Naiklen801/
Naikelienė784/
Nikelina757/
Nichelen752/
Neklen7157/
Nikkilynn712/
Nickelinc711/
Neclen711/
Nickelion710/
Nikolin673,102/
Necklen67166/
Nicolen6755/
Nikalin679/
Nikolén674/
Nikilin673/
Necolen671/

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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 Nikkelen
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