Nahanga Surname
Approximately 630 people bear this surname
Nahanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 615 | 1:288,037 | 16,192 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Nahanga (105) may also be a first name.
Nahanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nahanga (Oriya: ନହା) is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nahanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 517,348th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,567,533 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nahanga reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nahanga is also the 920,134th most frequently used forename internationally, held by 105 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 615 people, or 1 in 288,037. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 67 percent reside, Taraba, where 22 percent reside and Adamawa, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Nahanga is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Angola, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ନହା | naha | 66.67 |
| ନହ | naha | 33.33 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nahanga
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