Ikana Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Ikana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 190 | 1:932,330 | 40,120 |
| India | 148 | 1:5,182,874 | 128,264 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Indonesia | 114 | 1:1,160,081 | 82,627 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ikana (759) may also be a first name.
Ikana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikana (Hindi: इकना, Oriya: ଇକାନା) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Ikana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 499,041st most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Ikana are found; 29 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ikana is also the 298,137th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 759 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 932,330. In Nigeria Ikana is most frequent in: Cross River, where 36 percent are found, Benue, where 18 percent are found and Delta, where 14 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ikana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ikana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇକାନା | ikana | - |
| Ikana in the Hindi language | ||
| इकना | ikana | 50 |
| ईकन | ikana | 16.67 |
| इकाना | ikana | 16.67 |
| िकना | ikana | 16.67 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ikana
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