Nakanan Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Nakanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Nakanan (22) may also be a first name.

Nakanan Last Name Facts

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

Nakanan has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nakanan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakanan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Nakanan is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nakanan reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Nakanan is also the 2,301,746th most widespread first name globally, borne by 22 people.

Nakanan is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 11,773,058. In Thailand Nakanan is most numerous in: Bangkok, where 67 percent reside, Chiang Mai Province, where 17 percent reside and Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, where 17 percent reside. Other than Thailand Nakanan exists in one country. It is also found in Japan, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Nakanan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis