Nakaya Surname
Approximately 29,209 people bear this surname
Nakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 27,832 | 1:4,593 | 742 |
| Brazil | 373 | 1:573,926 | 21,415 |
| United States | 223 | 1:1,625,376 | 108,854 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| Thailand | 108 | 1:654,059 | 109,897 |
| Peru | 56 | 1:567,574 | 14,999 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nakaya (367) may also be a first name.
Nakaya Demographics
Nakaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakaya (Marathi: नाकया, Oriya: ନକାୟା) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 18,860th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 249,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Nakaya live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Nakaya is also the 453,982nd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 367 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 27,832 people, or 1 in 4,593. In Japan it is most numerous in: Osaka Prefecture, where 19 percent live, Ehime Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Wakayama Prefecture, where 6 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Nakaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Nakaya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Nakaya last name are 22.86% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76.09% being registered with the party.
The amount Nakaya earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 61.45% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,298 per year; in United States they earn 20.51% more than the national average, earning $52,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.44% less than the national average, earning $43,500 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ନକାୟା | nakaya | 62.5 |
| ନାକୟ | nakaya | 37.5 |
| Nakaya in the Marathi language | ||
| नाकया | nakaya | 50 |
| नकया | nakaya | 50 |
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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 Nakaya
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