Nakakena Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nakakena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakakena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2151:73,7216,357
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Nakakena (419) may also be a first name.

Nakakena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nakakena occurs most in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakakena? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,121,821st most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. Nakakena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakakena live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nakakena is also the 419,838th most frequent first name globally It is held by 419 people.

This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 215 people, or 1 in 73,721. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Western Province, where 93 percent reside, Southern Province, where 3 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Nakakena exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 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
  • 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 Nakakena
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