Nakuan Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Nakuan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Nakuan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakuan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakuan is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakuan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,980,395th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Nakuan is predominantly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Nakuan live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea Nakuan is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 97 percent are found, Bougainville, where 2 percent are found and Madang, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Nakuan exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 25 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nankuan | 92 | 201 | / |
| Nakwan | 83 | 948 | / |
| Naguan | 83 | 14 | / |
| Nokuan | 83 | 6 | / |
| Naquan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nacuan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nakkwan | 77 | 44 | / |
| Nancuan | 77 | 15 | / |
| Nackwan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakwean | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakwank | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakwaan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakwane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakwand | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naguean | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naaquan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakwhang | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nakweang | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nakwaine | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nakwaing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nookuang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nhacuane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naqouhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakwaang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngaukwan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Naikwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nagwan | 67 | 290 | / |
| Nakwon | 67 | 41 | / |
| Nahakwain | 67 | 36 | / |
| Nokuam | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nagban | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nokwan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nagvan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nacwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naguon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naquam | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nakuan
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