Nile Surname
Approximately 14,394 people bear this surname
Nile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7,804 | 1:98,291 | 6,460 |
| Egypt | 4,668 | 1:19,695 | 2,278 |
| United States | 542 | 1:668,743 | 53,351 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| England | 227 | 1:245,454 | 19,989 |
| Liberia | 67 | 1:65,799 | 5,672 |
| Belgium | 51 | 1:225,424 | 28,627 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Mauritania | 34 | 1:120,437 | 7,101 |
| Afghanistan | 26 | 1:1,236,661 | 10,825 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 142 | 1:171,658 | 14,473 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 165 | 1:304,356 | 24,088 |
Nile (6,527) may also be a first name.
Nile Demographics
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Nile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nile (Arabic: نايل, Bengali: নীলে, Georgian: ნილე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻴﻠﻪ, Hindi: नीले, Marathi: नीळे, Oriya: ନିେଲ) has its highest incidence in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nile? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,637th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 506,291 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of Nile are found; 55 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 81,194th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 6,527 people.
The surname Nile is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 7,804 people, or 1 in 98,291. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent reside, Gujarat, where 0 percent reside and Odisha, where 0 percent reside. Beside India it exists in 59 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Nile Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nile has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nile surname rose 328 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 160 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nile Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nile surname are 15.76% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.99% being registered with the party.
The amount Nile earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.44% less than the national average, earning R 51,228 per year; in United States they earn 8.96% less than the national average, earning $39,281 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.19% less than the national average, earning $39,652 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nile Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nile in the Georgian language | ||
| ნილე | nile | - |
| Nile in the Bengali language | ||
| নীলে | nile | - |
| Nile in the Hindi language | ||
| नीले | nile | 84.91 |
| निले | nile | 7.55 |
| नीलेश | nilesa | 5.66 |
| निळे | nile | 1.89 |
| Nile in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻴﻠﻪ | alnylh | 75 |
| ﻧﻴﻠﻪ | nylh | 15 |
| ﻧﻴﻞ | nyl | 10 |
| Nile in the Marathi language | ||
| नीळे | nile | 66.98 |
| नीले | nile | 31.63 |
| नीळ | nila | 0.47 |
| Nile in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିେଲ | niela | 60.82 |
| ନିେଳ | niela | 17.53 |
| ନୀେଲ | niela | 11.9 |
| ନୀେଳ | niela | 9.31 |
| ନିେଲି | nieli | 0.22 |
| ତିେଲ | tiela | 0.22 |
| Nile in the Arabic language | ||
| نايل | nayl | - |
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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 Nile
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