Nachana Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Nachana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nachana (280) may also be a first name.
Nachana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nachana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nachana (Arabic: نشاني, Hindi: नचना, Marathi: नचना) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nachana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nachana is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Nachana occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Nachana are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 530,161st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 280 people.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,599,335. In Niger Nachana is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 92 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nachana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nachana in the Marathi language | ||
| नचना | nacana | - |
| Nachana in the Hindi language | ||
| नचना | nacana | 66.67 |
| नाचना | nacana | 33.33 |
| Nachana in the Arabic language | ||
| نشاني | nshany | - |
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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 Nachana
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