Nakey Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
Nakey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 347 | 1:152,569 | 13,814 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nakey (75) may also be a first name.
Nakey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakey (Tibetan: གནག་སྐྱེད།) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakey? popularity and diffusion
Nakey is the 751,291st most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nakey live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 75 people.
Nakey is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 347 people, or 1 in 152,569. In Tanzania Nakey is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 47 percent live, Manyara Region, where 37 percent live and Arusha Region, where 15 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakey in the Tibetan language | ||
| གནག་སྐྱེད། | nakkyé | 50 |
| གནག་སྐྱིད། | nakkyi | 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
- 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 Nakey
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