Nest is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nest
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nest

How popular is Nest?

Nest is ranked 139001 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nests plummeted by 30.4175 per cent to 350 since 2000 and slipped by 17134 spots and ranked at 58042. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.14 76.94
Black 11.43 15.51
Hispanic or Latino 6.57 5.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.43 0
Nest is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in South Africa. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Liechtenstein. Around 2774 people have been found who wears Nest as their family name. Nest is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,053 Senegal5
10,542 China4
5,051 Tajikistan3
32,695 Nigeria3
9,097 Wales3
32,086 Mexico3
23,165 Romania3
20,035 Uzbekistan2
8,593 Slovenia2
24,766 Scotland2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
23,344 Austria2
723,167 Indonesia2
54,135 Philippines2
12,844 Pakistan2
9,185 Hong Kong2
147,165 Czech Republic2
19,093 Finland2
95,312 Argentina2
7,292 Vietnam1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
62,864 New Zealand1
37,779 Serbia1
31,584 Peru1
24,771 Colombia1
151,601 Spain1
24,460 Armenia1
53,505 Turkey1
537 Liechtenstein1
12,270 Lebanon1
28,365 Kenya1
29,046 Japan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
49,529 Israel1
5,467 Haiti1
42,479 Greece1
17,236 Ghana1
1,572 Macau1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
5,553 Taiwan1
77,122 Sweden1
3,243 Suriname1
5,589 Sudan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
16,283 Lithuania1
24,176 Qatar1
47,891 Norway1
11,486 Estonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
75,883 Canada37
34,417 Belarus33
8,504 Ireland33
52,530 Belgium22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
169,476 India93
55,931 Ukraine87
28,444 Australia82
47,891 England81
104,075 Brazil64
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Nest:
8,044 South Africa804
22,254 Germany471
65,753 United States380
53,767 Russia259
77,708 France122
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Nest was 30 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 7, 1850. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as immigrant and took Lady Milton from Dublin. Jos. Nest (13) Immigrant, Jim Nest, aged 9, Thomas Nest, aged 7, are others that migrated to US.

Nest Namesakes

  • Yulia Nestsiarenka, Olympic athlete
  • Alessandro Nesta, Soccer player
  • Johann Nestroy, Singer
  • John Van Nest Talmage, Missionary
  • Andrej Nestrasil, Ice hockey player
  • Andriy Nesterov, Soccer defender
  • Frantisek Nestler, Set decorator
  • Harry Nestor, Actor
  • Arnulf Neste, Musical Artist
  • Eiki Nestor, Estonian Politician

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