Nahana Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Nahana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nahana (2,407) may also be a first name.
Nahana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nahana (Arabic: نهانا, Hindi: नहना, Oriya: ନହନା) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nahana is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Nahana is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Nahana live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nahana is also the 151,257th most commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 2,407 people.
Nahana is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Nahana is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 50 percent reside, Sokoto, where 44 percent reside and Kaduna, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahana in the Hindi language | ||
| नहना | nahana | 98.27 |
| नाहना | nahana | 0.94 |
| नहाना | nahana | 0.39 |
| नैहना | naihana | 0.24 |
| नहन्ाा | nahanaa | 0.08 |
| नहणा | nahana | 0.08 |
| Nahana in the Oriya language | ||
| ନହନା | nahana | 50 |
| ନହଁଆ | nahama | 50 |
| Nahana in the Arabic language | ||
| نهانا | nhana | - |
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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 Nahana
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