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) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Nakaş or Nakaš. For other potential spellings of Nakas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 268,397th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 5,012,067 people. The last name Nakas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Nakas are found; 70 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Nakas is also the 614,549th most numerous forename on earth, held by 216 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 1,007 people, or 1 in 11,003. In Greece Nakas is primarily found in: Epirus, where 37 percent live, Thessaly, where 21 percent live and Attica, where 18 percent live. Barring Greece this surname is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Algeria, where 4 percent live.
Nakas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nakas surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political 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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