Nelis Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 2
Lincolnshire 2
London 3
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Nelis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nelis family

Profession Census Frequency
Traveler 1
Independent 1
Female Servant 1
Makers 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nelis

Name Census Frequency
Mary Nelis 12
William Nelis 12
James Nelis 10
John Nelis 10
Elizabeth Nelis 7
Alice Nelis 6
Albert Nelis 5
Ann Nelis 5
Arthur Nelis 5
Hugh Nelis 5
Margaret Nelis 5
Thomas Nelis 5
Annie Nelis 4
Ethel Nelis 4
Henry Nelis 4
Eliza Nelis 3
Ellen Nelis 3
Elsie Nelis 3
Jane Nelis 3
Herbert Nelis 2
Joseph Nelis 2
Kate Nelis 2
Louisa Nelis 2
Mabel Nelis 2
Maria Nelis 2

Nelis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Niles 60% 1,292
2 Nellis 83% 832
3 Neals 60% 676
4 Neales 67% 317
5 Noles 60% 220
6 Neels 60% 218
7 Nelis 100% 199
8 Nails 40% 110
9 Neils 60% 105

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The surname Nelis is the 7th most popular variant of Niles.

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