Nyelem Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nyelem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyelem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1761:751,41657,642
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Nyelem (15) may also be a first name.

Nyelem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyelem is most common in Indonesia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nyelem.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyelem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,281,391st most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nyelem are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nyelem is also the 2,900,335th most widespread forename at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.

Nyelem is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 751,416. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Bali, where 91 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 5 percent are found and Lampung, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngoyelem861/
Nyelim8317/
Ngelem8310/
Neelem838/
Neulem833/
Neilem832/
Nayalem7717/
Neeleem777/
Nyuylem775/
Gneleme772/
Nayelim771/
Nihelem771/
Neeleam771/
Nehalem770/
Naleem674,724/
Neylim6717/
Neelim677/
Naelim675/
Nailem674/
Naleam674/
Nileem672/
Nileam672/
Njilem671/
Nileim671/
Nayalim6211/
Naleime625/
Ngoulem624/
Naaleem621/
Naleemm621/
Naaleam621/
Ngnoulem571/
Naileime571/
Naulim5013/
Nailim501/

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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 Nyelem
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