Nakhana Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nakhana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nakhana (26) may also be a first name.
Nakhana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakhana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakhana (Hindi: नखाना, Marathi: नाखना, Oriya: ନଖତା) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakhana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Nakhana occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Nakhana reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 26 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Nakhana is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent are found, Bihar, where 38 percent are found and Telangana, where 13 percent are found. Outside of India this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakhana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakhana in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଖତା | nakhata | - |
| Nakhana in the Marathi language | ||
| नाखना | nakhana | - |
| Nakhana in the Hindi language | ||
| नखाना | nakhana | 75 |
| नखना | nakhana | 25 |
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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 Nakhana
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