Nahson Surname
Approximately 467 people bear this surname
Nahson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 448 | 1:118,173 | 11,315 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Nahson (206) may also be a first name.
Nahson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nahson is most common in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahson? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 648,005th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. The last name Nahson occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nahson live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 630,600th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 206 people.
The last name Nahson is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 448 people, or 1 in 118,173. In Tanzania Nahson is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 36 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 35 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Nahson occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nahson
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