Nakuya Surname
Approximately 8,184 people bear this surname
Nakuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8,133 | 1:4,800 | 877 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Nakuya (41) may also be a first name.
Nakuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakuya (Russian: Накуя) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nakuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 61,454th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 890,463 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakuya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used first name globally, held by 41 people.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 8,133 people, or 1 in 4,800. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 19 percent reside, Kampala District, where 11 percent reside and Masaka District, where 11 percent reside. Beside Uganda it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakuya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakuya in the Russian language | ||
| Накуя | nakua | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nakuya
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