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 carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Nãkuma. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakuma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 680,882nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,676,306 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Nakuma live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 642,605th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 199 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 331 people, or 1 in 2,317,418. In India Nakuma is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 62 percent are found, Tamil Nadu, where 37 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found. Aside from India this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
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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