Naison Surname
Approximately 1,851 people bear this surname
Naison Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,256 | 1:12,292 | 1,633 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Naïson (1) are calculated separately.
Naison (15,485) may also be a first name.
Naison Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naison Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Naison is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant: Naïson. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Naison? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 220,647th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,937,086 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Naison are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Naison is also the 45,384th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 15,485 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,256 people, or 1 in 12,292. In Zimbabwe Naison is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 29 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 18 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Naison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Naison has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 120 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Naison
- 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