Nahanya Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Nahanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nahamnya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Naanya | 92 | 19 | / |
| Nahagna | 86 | 6 | / |
| Ngahnya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nanya | 83 | 1,079 | / |
| Nahanias | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nnahanja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhonya | 77 | 2,629 | / |
| Nganya | 77 | 1,742 | / |
| Nanhay | 77 | 67 | / |
| Nnanya | 77 | 48 | / |
| Nanyad | 77 | 44 | / |
| Nanyoa | 77 | 16 | / |
| Naania | 77 | 12 | / |
| Naynya | 77 | 10 | / |
| Naunya | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nanyah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Nainya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nahnyo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nanjya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nhenya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nanyaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nhanja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nanhaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nanyha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naanyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nahanneah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Naainia | 71 | 204 | / |
| Nanaiya | 71 | 20 | / |
| Naamnia | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nanayya | 71 | 10 | / |
| Nanayia | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nahanjo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Naneiya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nneanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| N'Honya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Naaynia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Naaniaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanaaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngnanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngannya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nahanneeah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naanias | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngaanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanajya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanha | 67 | 667 | / |
| Nanyo | 67 | 396 | / |
| Nonya | 67 | 309 | / |
| Naainiaa | 67 | 139 | / |
| Nanaiyah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nannayya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nanyaeit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnanayya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnahagno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nahanjoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanyojja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanyahat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nasennya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanaiyad | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis