Nakas Surname
Approximately 1,454 people bear this surname
Nakas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 1,007 | 1:11,003 | 1,436 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| Algeria | 56 | 1:689,849 | 40,371 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 1:505,765 | 19,342 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Nakaş (638) & Nakaš (2) are calculated separately.
Nakas (216) may also be a first name.
Nakas Demographics
Average Nakas Salary in
United States
$50,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nakas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakas (Hindi: नकस, Marathi: नकास, Oriya: ନକସ, Russian: Накас) occurs most in Greece. It can also occur as: Nakaş or Nakaš. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakas? popularity and diffusion
Nakas is the 268,397th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,012,067 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Nakas live; 70 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Nakas is also the 614,549th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 216 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Greece, where it is held by 1,007 people, or 1 in 11,003. In Greece it is most common in: Epirus, where 37 percent live, Thessaly, where 21 percent live and Attica, where 18 percent live. Besides Greece this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and Algeria, where 4 percent live.
Nakas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nakas surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nakas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.01% less than the national average, earning R 71,268 per year and in United States they earn 16.31% more than the national average, earning $50,188 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakas in the Oriya language | ||
| ନକସ | nakasa | 75 |
| ନକାସ୍ | nakas | 12.5 |
| ନାକସ | nakasa | 12.5 |
| Nakas in the Marathi language | ||
| नकास | nakasa | 60 |
| िनकस | inakasa | 40 |
| Nakas in the Hindi language | ||
| नकस | nakasa | 50 |
| नकास | nakasa | 33.33 |
| नकशा | nakasa | 16.67 |
| Nakas in the Russian language | ||
| Накас | nakas | - |
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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 Nakas
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