Née Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Née Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Née Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium411:280,40633,354
France301:2,214,091176,965
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Nee (12,149), Neé (2) & Neè (2) are calculated separately.

Née (76) may also be a first name.

Née Last Name Facts

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

Née is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Nee, Neé or Neè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Née? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Née is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Née reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,107,702nd most widely held forename globally It is held by 76 people.

It is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium Née is most common in: Walloon Region, where 51 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 49 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium Née occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 32 percent reside and Tunisia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nee8912,149/
Neé892/
Neè892/
Nyée861/
Ne8013,369/
80215/
Néher7519/
Nie671,701,671/
Net6756,237/
Nge6752,265/
Nye6724,594/
Neu6718,617/
Ney6714,122/
Neh678,235/
Nes675,370/
Nei674,892/
Nea674,194/
Ned673,992/
Ner672,631/
Hne672,563/
Nep672,215/
Nhe671,079/
Neß67609/
Nje67556/
Nej67547/
Nez67504/
Nne67486/
Gne6743/
Néč6743/
Nép6740/
Neč675/
Néa674/
Neć674/
Nié673/
Néz671/
Nés671/
Neș671/
Neţ671/
Neş671/
Hné671/

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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 Née
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