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Next of kin

Quality:

Next of kin - person's closest living relative or relatives. Article “Next of kin” in Simple English Wikipedia has 1.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Next of kin”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 149 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 320 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1788 in December 2017
  • Global: #147276 in September 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10555 in October 2017
  • Global: #45622 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, 2025 (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
29.0828
2German (de)
Angehöriger
17.0288
3Japanese (ja)
最近親
16.5114
4Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
13.921
5Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
1.8865
6Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
1.3376
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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
4 284 939
2German (de)
Angehöriger
354 810
3Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
82 069
4Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
18 340
5Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
7 424
6Japanese (ja)
最近親
3 864
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Next of kin" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Next of kin
4 691
2German (de)
Angehöriger
489
3Simple English (simple)
Next of kin
275
4Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
55
5Japanese (ja)
最近親
46
6Norwegian (no)
Nærmeste pårørende
42
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Next of kin" with the highest AI in June 2025
#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
186
2German (de)
Angehöriger
96
3Swedish (sv)
Anhörig
25
4Japanese (ja)
最近親
8
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 Simple English:
#10555
10.2017
Global:
#45622
11.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1788
12.2017
Global:
#147276
09.2005

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Next of kin from Wikipedia articles about Ruth Ellis, Beale ciphers, Orlando nightclub shooting, The Messenger and 2019 Pulwama attack. Whereas reading the article about Next of kin people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Next of Kin, Intestacy, Next friend, Spouse and Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

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

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