Nahansi Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Nahansi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Nahansi (50) may also be a first name.
Nahansi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahansi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nahansi is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahansi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. Nahansi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nahansi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 50 people.
The last name Nahansi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is most common in: Sokoto, where 76 percent are found, Zamfara, where 18 percent are found and Ogun, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Nahansi
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