Nélio Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Haiti

Nélio Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nélio Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607

The alternate forms: Nelio (300) & Nèlio (1) are calculated separately.

Nélio (23,043) may also be a first name.

Nélio Last Name Facts

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

Nélio is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Nelio or Nèlio. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nélio? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Nélio occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Nélio live; 69 percent live in South America and 69 percent live in Luso-South America. Nélio is also the 33,977th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 23,043 people.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Minas Gerais, where 33 percent live, Rio Grande do Norte, where 22 percent live and Bahia, where 11 percent live. Apart from Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent live and Haiti, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nelio93300/
Nèlio931/
Nélo891/
Nilio8062/
Nélia8054/
Niglio73808/
Nailio73121/
Neglio73106/
Neilio7378/
Ngelio7313/
Nelios734/
Nélias733/
Niliot732/
Néglia731/
Néliat731/
Neulio731/
Neliot731/
Nilios731/
Nelo6714,032/
Nilo6712,262/
Nhlo673/
Néla673/
Nylo672/
Nnealio671/
Nleo671/

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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 Nélio
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