Nilse Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nilse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nilse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Nilse (5,144) may also be a first name.

Nilse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nilse (Marathi: िनळसे) is found most in India. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nilse click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nilse? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nilse is the 4,116,508th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Nilse live; 26 percent live in South Asia and 26 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nilse is also the 94,510th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 5,144 people.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Nilse is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent reside. Outside of India this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 22 percent reside and Brazil, where 17 percent reside.

Nilse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nilse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nilse last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nilses9142/
Nielse9132/
Nilser9112/
Nilset911/
Nilsee911/
Nilsey910/
Nils89413/
Nilshed836/
Nielseu831/
Nilsser831/
Nielsea831/
Nilsche831/
Nilsier831/
Niels801,022/
Nilsa8092/
Nills8060/
Nihls8052/
Nilce8045/
Nilsi8043/
Nelse8019/
Nilje809/
Nilge806/
Nlese801/
Nilsh801/
Niols801/
Nülse801/
Nilhs800/
Nillesse776/
Nls7564/
Nilles734,523/
Nilges731,963/
Neelse73248/
Niglis73200/
Nelsey73103/
Niehls7355/
Nilsai7329/
Nelser7311/
Nilget7310/
Nilcea737/
Nilger735/
Nelsie735/
Nihlås734/
Nelses733/
Nälser733/
Nilces732/
Nilsha732/
Nielsh732/
Nilsth732/
Nniels731/
Nielsy731/
Nelsei731/
Nehlse731/
Nnilsa731/
Niljge731/
Niljee731/
Niells731/
Nelseh731/
Nilche730/
Nilsch730/
Nels67748/
Nilgesz67185/
Niellez67140/
Nielles6786/
Nilz6764/
Nielsch6718/
Nilchee679/
Nåls678/
Nilsith678/
Nles677/
Neelsie677/
Nyls673/
Nilless672/
Nelsier672/
Nhls672/
Nilches672/
Nelseha672/
Nillger671/
Nilched671/
Nilsova671/
Nielssy671/
Nilgest671/
Nlge671/
Neglise671/
Nilceas671/
Nilchez671/
Noelsse671/
Niglize671/
Nlje671/
Nlsd671/
Nlsi671/
Nlce671/
Nlez671/

Nilse Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nilse in the Marathi language
िनळसेinalase60
िनळशेinalase40

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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 Nilse
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