Nakuma Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Nakuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 331 | 1:2,317,418 | 75,822 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
The alternate forms: Nãkuma (1) are calculated separately.
Nakuma (199) may also be a first name.
Nakuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakuma (Bengali: নাকুমা, Marathi: नकुमा, Russian: Накума) is most common in India. It may also appear as a variant: Nãkuma. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 680,882nd most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Nakuma reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 642,605th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 199 people.
The surname Nakuma is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 2,317,418. In India it is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 62 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 37 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Apart from India Nakuma is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakuma in the Bengali language | ||
| নাকুমা | nakuma | - |
| Nakuma in the Marathi language | ||
| नकुमा | nakuma | - |
| Nakuma in the Russian language | ||
| Накума | nakuma | - |
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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 Nakuma
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