Nahanisi Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Nahanisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nahanisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Niger31:6,397,33978,839

Nahanisi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nahanisi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nahanisi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nahanisi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nahanisi? popularity and diffusion

Nahanisi is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Nahanisi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nahanisi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 53 percent are found and Sokoto, where 47 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nahanitsi941/
Nahaniji881/
Nanisi8627/
Nanissi8015/
Nanishi802/
Nganisi801/
Nanisis801/
Nanisai801/
Nangisi801/
Nahanitchi788/
Nangisai7521/
Nhanisse7511/
Nannissi752/
Nanaitsi751/
Nhangise751/
Nanisa71166/
Nanise71124/
Nonisi7110/
Nanigi716/
Nanusi714/
Nnanaishi714/
Nenisi713/
Nahanychi713/
Naniji713/
Nahannesa711/
Nannaisih711/
Nganizi67162/
Nanisha67102/
Nonishi6760/
Naunigi6737/
Nehnici6734/
Nanizzi6725/
Nhanice6717/
Nanusih6711/
Nannisa678/
Nainisa678/
Nanussi676/
Nanichi673/
Nongisi673/
Nainesi673/
Nganise672/
Ngonisi672/
Nohnisa671/
Naneizi671/
Nanissa671/
Naunisa671/
Nhanuse671/
Nanisse671/
Nainhsi671/
Nangizi671/
Nanyosi671/
Naniesa671/
Nanisay671/
Nannizi671/

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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 Nahanisi
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