Nakoura Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Nakoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 45 | 1:426,489 | 11,711 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Nakoura (159) may also be a first name.
Nakoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakoura is found most in Niger. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakoura? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nakoura is the 2,203,767th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Nakoura reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Nakoura is also the 727,628th most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 159 people.
The surname Nakoura is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 426,489. In Niger Nakoura is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 91 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 4 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 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 Nakoura
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