Nakana Surname
Approximately 4,409 people bear this surname
Nakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,862 | 1:18,930 | 2,391 |
| Zambia | 1,143 | 1:13,867 | 1,592 |
| Uganda | 122 | 1:319,994 | 21,696 |
| India | 115 | 1:6,670,134 | 150,358 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Nakana (1,146) may also be a first name.
Nakana Demographics
Average Nakana Salary in
South Africa
R 163,632
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakana (Hindi: नकाना, Russian: Накана) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 106,113th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,652,880 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nakana live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nakana is also the 235,100th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 1,146 people.
This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 2,862 people, or 1 in 18,930. In South Africa Nakana is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 51 percent reside, Gauteng, where 34 percent reside and North West, where 8 percent reside. Barring South Africa it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 26 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Nakana Last Name Statistics demography
Nakana earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.14% less than the national average, earning R 163,632 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakana in the Hindi language | ||
| नकाना | nakana | 60 |
| नकना | nakana | 40 |
| Nakana in the Russian language | ||
| Накана | nakana | - |
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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 Nakana
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