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
The last name Nakena is found most in Burkina Faso. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakena? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 670,508th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. The surname Nakena is predominantly found 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 widespread forename world-wide It is held by 255 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 398 people, or 1 in 46,111. In Burkina Faso Nakena is most prevalent in: Centre-Sud Region, where 85 percent reside, Centre Region, where 13 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso Nakena is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
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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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