Nakuna Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Nakuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nakuna (60) may also be a first name.
Nakuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nakuna (Hindi: नाकुङा, Oriya: ନକୁନା) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nakuna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakuna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Nakuna occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Nakuna live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nakuna is also the 1,270,172nd most common first name at a global level, held by 60 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria Nakuna is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 92 percent reside, Rivers, where 6 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakuna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakuna in the Oriya language | ||
| ନକୁନା | nakuna | 50 |
| ନାକୁନା | nakuna | 50 |
| Nakuna in the Hindi language | ||
| नाकुङा | nakuna | 40 |
| नकुना | nakuna | 40 |
| नाकुना | nakuna | 20 |
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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 Nakuna
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