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Next of kin

Quality:

Next of kin - person's closest living relative or relatives. Article “Next of kin” in English Wikipedia has 27.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 19 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.44 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Next of kin”, its content was written by 84 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 149 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 196 times in English Wikipedia and cited 331 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #42285 in February 2015
  • Global: #147545 in September 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #22627 in November 2013
  • Global: #46360 in November 2013

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Next of kin
27.4203
2Japanese (ja)
最近親
16.4213
3German (de)
Angehöriger
15.9948
4Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
13.8618
5Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
1.8643
6Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
1.2787
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Next of kin" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Next of kin
4 326 992
2German (de)
Angehöriger
363 032
3Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
83 479
4Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
18 607
5Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
8 182
6Japanese (ja)
最近親
4 304
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Next of kin" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Next of kin
3 235
2German (de)
Angehöriger
327
3Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
96
4Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
75
5Japanese (ja)
最近親
30
6Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Next of kin" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Next of kin
84
2German (de)
Angehöriger
51
3Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
5
4Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
4
5Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
4
6Japanese (ja)
最近親
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Next of kin" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Angehöriger
0
2English (en)
Next of kin
0
3Japanese (ja)
最近親
0
4Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
0
5Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
0
6Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Next of kin" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Next of kin
196
2German (de)
Angehöriger
96
3Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
25
4Japanese (ja)
最近親
9
5Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
4
6Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Angehöriger
enEnglish
Next of kin
jaJapanese
最近親
noNorwegian
Nærmeste pårørende
simpleSimple English
Next of kin
svSwedish
Anhörig

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#22627
11.2013
Global:
#46360
11.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#42285
02.2015
Global:
#147545
09.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Next of kin from Wikipedia articles about Orlando nightclub shooting, Beale ciphers, The Messenger, Ruth Ellis and Death notification. Whereas reading the article about Next of kin people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Next of Kin, Intestacy, Next friend, Spouse and Escheat.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Next of kin

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

About WikiRank

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