Nilgen Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Nilgen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 257 | 1:313,251 | 31,672 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Nilgen (209) may also be a first name.
Nilgen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nilgen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nilgen has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nilgen? popularity and diffusion
Nilgen is the 990,978th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nilgen reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 625,736th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 209 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 313,251. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 98 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 1 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 0 percent reside. Besides Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bulgaria, where 0 percent reside and The United States Virgin Islands, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nillgen | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nielgen | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nilsen | 83 | 49,740 | / |
| Nilzen | 83 | 82 | / |
| Nilgün | 83 | 23 | / |
| Nelgen | 83 | 22 | / |
| Nilcen | 83 | 7 | / |
| Nilene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nilesn | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nielsen | 77 | 338,225 | / |
| Nilssen | 77 | 4,312 | / |
| Nöllgen | 77 | 119 | / |
| Nilseng | 77 | 46 | / |
| Nöldgen | 77 | 41 | / |
| Nilesen | 77 | 30 | / |
| Nillsen | 77 | 27 | / |
| Nihlean | 77 | 16 | / |
| Nielcen | 77 | 13 | / |
| Nöltgen | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nislein | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nielzen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gnilsen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nilåzen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nileßen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nilkhen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neilien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nilseen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nilszen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nislene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nilisen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Nileand | 77 | 0 | / |
| Nillesen | 71 | 772 | / |
| Nielssen | 71 | 138 | / |
| Neislein | 71 | 33 | / |
| Nillezen | 71 | 18 | / |
| Niellsen | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nilessen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Neilesen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nileteen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nelsen | 67 | 10,114 | / |
| Nilsén | 67 | 206 | / |
| Nillessen | 67 | 181 | / |
| Nilzén | 67 | 179 | / |
| Nelien | 67 | 82 | / |
| Niléhn | 67 | 42 | / |
| Nelzen | 67 | 37 | / |
| Nülsen | 67 | 22 | / |
| Nielsn | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nylsen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nilsin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nilsem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nilain | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nelene | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nilhem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nileam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nilsenová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nelean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nileim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niloin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nelgin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nelhen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nllsen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nöllingen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nilzem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neleun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nilsèn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nílsen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nellingen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nilgen
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