Nakassi Surname
Approximately 391 people bear this surname
Nakassi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 295 | 1:132,337 | 12,175 |
| Benin | 92 | 1:112,344 | 12,545 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nakassi (26) may also be a first name.
Nakassi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakassi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakassi occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakassi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 738,530th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. Nakassi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakassi reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nakassi is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname Nakassi is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 295 people, or 1 in 132,337. In Uganda Nakassi is most common in: Wakiso District, where 36 percent are found, Mukono District, where 8 percent are found and Kayunga District, where 8 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 24 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nakassi
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