Nakena Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Nakena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 398 | 1:46,111 | 2,149 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nakena (255) may also be a first name.
Nakena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakena occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nakena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 670,508th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Nakena live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 557,860th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 255 people.
The last name Nakena is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 398 people, or 1 in 46,111. In Burkina Faso Nakena is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 85 percent live, Centre Region, where 13 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso Nakena is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
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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 Nakena
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