Nahanya Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Nahanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nahanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Niger501:383,84010,800
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Nahanya (331) may also be a first name.

Nahanya Last Name Facts

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

Nahanya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nahanya? popularity and diffusion

Nahanya is the 1,736,881st most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nahanya live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 481,336th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 331 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Nahanya is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 66 percent live, Zamfara, where 31 percent live and Kano, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 45 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nahamnya931/
Naanya9219/
Nahagna866/
Ngahnya861/
Nanya831,079/
Nahanias802/
Nnahanja801/
Nhonya772,629/
Nganya771,742/
Nanhay7767/
Nnanya7748/
Nanyad7744/
Nanyoa7716/
Naania7712/
Naynya7710/
Naunya7710/
Nanyah779/
Nainya773/
Nahnyo772/
Nanjya772/
Nhenya772/
Nanyaa771/
Nhanja771/
Nanhaa771/
Nanyha771/
Naanyo771/
Nahanneah751/
Naainia71204/
Nanaiya7120/
Naamnia7111/
Nanayya7110/
Nanayia716/
Nahanjo716/
Naneiya714/
Nneanya714/
N'Honya714/
Naaynia712/
Naaniaa711/
Nanaaya711/
Ngnanya711/
Ngannya711/
Nahanneeah711/
Naanias711/
Ngaanja711/
Nanajya711/
Nanha67667/
Nanyo67396/
Nonya67309/
Naainiaa67139/
Nanaiyah673/
Nannayya672/
Nanyaeit671/
Gnanayya671/
Gnahagno671/
Nahanjoh671/
Nanyojja671/
Nanyahat671/
Nasennya671/
Nanaiyad671/

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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 Nahanya
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