Nilkesh Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Panama

Nilkesh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nilkesh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nilkesh (166) may also be a first name.

Nilkesh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nilkesh (Bengali: নীলকেশ, Hindi: निलकेश, Marathi: िनलकेश, Oriya: ନିଳେକଶ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nilkesh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nilkesh is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Nilkesh live; 33 percent live in Central America and 33 percent live in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 710,504th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 166 people.

This last name is most widespread in India, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India Nilkesh is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Excluding India it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Panama, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nilkes9236/
Nilkash864/
Nilkeus861/
Nölkes7733/
Nilces772/
Nlkies771/
Nilches712/
Nilceas711/
Nelces627/
Nilkij623/
Nelkis621/
Nylkasz572/
Nilchez571/
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Nilkesh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nilkesh in the Bengali language
নীলকেশnilakesa-
Nilkesh in the Oriya language
ନିଳେକଶnilekasa-
Nilkesh in the Marathi language
िनलकेशinalakesa98.33
नीलकेशnilakesa1.67
Nilkesh in the Hindi language
निलकेशnilakesa62.5
नीलकेशnilakesa25
निल्केशnilkesa12.5

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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 Nilkesh
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