Nimble Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nimble Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nimble Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India481:15,980,529256,885
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Nimble (66) may also be a first name.

Nimble Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nimble occurs most in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nimble? popularity and diffusion

Nimble is the 2,718,172nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Nimble live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,201,840th most widespread first name on earth, held by 66 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 15,980,529. In India Nimble is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 94 percent are found and Delhi, where 6 percent are found. Outside of India this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nimbley92181/
Nimbler9280/
Nimblet9223/
Gnimble921/
Niomble921/
Nimbhle921/
Nimblett86319/
Niomblei8693/
Nimbleth861/
Nimbil83223/
Nimbla8317/
Nimbel8315/
Nimbly832/
Nemble832/
Numble830/
Niembelle801/
Ngimbil7752/
Neimbil776/
Niombli772/
Numbley771/
Nnemble771/
Niombly771/
Nimbelli713/
Nemblett711/
Ninblett711/
Nimbilli711/
Nembly6775/
Nembil6744/
Nembli673/
Nembla673/
Nembel672/
Nymbla671/
Ngembil6260/
Nenblee626/
Gnembli621/
Neumbly621/
Ninbill620/
Nyonblee571/
Nembelli571/
Nenbel501/

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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 Nimble
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