Nakun Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Nakun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Thailand | 43 | 1:1,642,752 | 213,663 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nakun (594) may also be a first name.
Nakun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakun (Hindi: नकुन, Marathi: नकून, Oriya: ନକୁନ) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,267,784th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Nakun are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nakun is also the 343,155th most widely held forename globally, borne by 594 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 99,436. In Papua New Guinea Nakun is primarily found in: Madang, where 76 percent reside, Morobe, where 10 percent reside and New Ireland, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakun in the Oriya language | ||
| ନକୁନ | nakuna | - |
| Nakun in the Hindi language | ||
| नकुन | nakuna | 66.67 |
| नकून | nakuna | 22.22 |
| नाकूं | nakum | 11.11 |
| Nakun in the Marathi language | ||
| नकून | nakuna | 52.38 |
| नकुन | nakuna | 47.62 |
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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 Nakun
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