Nakanya Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Nakanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nakanya (62) may also be a first name.
Nakanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakanya is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakanya reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nakanya is also the 1,246,114th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 62 people.
This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Beside The DR Congo it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakhanya | 93 | 19 | / |
| Ngakanya | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nagkanya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Naagkanya | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nakanayya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nakanja | 86 | 256 | / |
| Nakonya | 86 | 71 | / |
| Nakanyo | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nakanha | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nakania | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngokanya | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nakanjja | 80 | 10 | / |
| Nakhonya | 80 | 5 | / |
| Noikanya | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nakanjaa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nokhanya | 80 | 3 | / |
| Noykanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naikanja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakannyo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakainja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakounya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakkanja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nakhaynia | 75 | 194 | / |
| Nokonya | 71 | 283 | / |
| Nacanyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakanjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakhonyo | 67 | 366 | / |
| Nokhonya | 67 | 47 | / |
| Noikanha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nakanjou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nakhamjai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nacanjo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nokonyo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngokonyo | 53 | 72 | / |
| Nakhonjo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Naikonia | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nakoonja | 53 | 1 | / |
| Noukanho | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ngokonyoj | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nakanya
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