Nelís

surname · Latin script

Nelís is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Glasgow. reduced form of Mac Niallghuis, see McNelis .

rarermore common
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 8.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay1 in 9.4K
  • VEVenezuela1 in 12K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Venezuela (measured from records)

2,337 people

Sources
73 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Honduras, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Nelis in VE Venezuela, DO Dominican Republic, HN Honduras and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Glasgow. reduced form of Mac Niallghuis, see McNelis .

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nelís counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nelís is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VE Venezuela—2,3371 in 12K2.3KNelis12
CO Colombia—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 41K—Nelis23
NL Netherlands—1,0511 in 16K1.1KNelis10
HN Honduras#577≈1,000 est.≈1 in 8.9K—Nelis6
DO Dominican Republic#520≈630 est.≈1 in 17K—Nelis11
UY Uruguay#3773621 in 9.4K362Nelis9

2,337 people counted by asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nelís under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nelís mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Glasgow. reduced form of Mac Niallghuis, see McNelis . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
In which country does Nelís have the most bearers?
In Venezuela, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Nelís, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nelis.
How common is the name Nelís?
In Venezuela, the national register counted 2,337 people named Nelís, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
How common is Nelís compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Nelís is the 377th most common given name of 12,212 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nelís” — the 377th most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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