Family name Nell (Nell 
, نيل 
, ネル 
, along with others...) , globally, is a common surname. The family name Nell is characteristic of Namibia, where it is quite a common surname, South Africa, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in South Africa, Sudan, and the United States. Also, Nell is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Nell | Germany, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States, South Africa |
| نيل | Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia |
| ネル | Japan |
| נל | Israel |
| Нелл | Ukraine, Russia |
| johann nikolaus nell DE (b. 1748) |
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| christoph philipp von nell (b. 1753) |
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william cooper nell African-American journalist, historian (1816-1874), US (b. 1816) |
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| georg friedrich von nell DE (b. 1780) |
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| franz maria nell (1795-1852), CZ (b. 1795) |
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| johann georg job von nell (1815-1881) (b. 1815) |
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| franz josef von nell DE (b. 1813) |
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| adam nell German mathematician, DE (b. 1824) |
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| friedrich von nell DE (b. 1816) |
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| johann peter von nell (b. 1818) |
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| johann peter dorothea von nell DE (b. 1818) |
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| maximus nell CH (b. 1820) |
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eugen nell German painter (1905-1994), DE (b. 1905) |
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| oskar von nell Prussian administrative official and district administrator of the Geldern and Bonn districts (1861-1923) (b. 1861) |
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| julius nell AT (b. 1855) |
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