Nineveh Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Nineveh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nineveh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel121:713,13647,700
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nineveh (165) may also be a first name.

Nineveh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nineveh is more commonly found in Israel than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nineveh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 76 percent of Nineveh are found; 71 percent are found in West Asia and 71 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Nineveh is also the 712,876th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 165 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Israel, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 713,136. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 83 percent are found and Tel Aviv District, where 17 percent are found. Other than Israel it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Belgium, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nineve9221/
Neineve862/
Nineves861/
Ninevich800/
Ninave779,868/
Neneve77568/
Ninove77123/
Ninive77104/
Ninevi772/
Ninebe771/
Ninewe771/
Nisnevich75312/
Nainevych754/
Nengeve7139/
Ninhave719/
Nainave718/
Nineeva716/
Ninaave712/
Gninevi711/
Neneves711/
Gninefe711/
Niniewe711/
Ninivee711/
Nineewe711/
Ninievi711/
Nisniver677/
Ninehuis673/
Gnineoue671/
Ngninewe671/

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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 Nineveh
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