Namaina Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Namaina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Namaïna (1) are calculated separately.
Namaina (10) may also be a first name.
Namaina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namaina Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namaina occurs most in Niger. It can also appear in the variant forms: Namaïna. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namaina? popularity and diffusion
Namaina is the 2,808,717th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Namaina live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 913,906. In Niger it is most common in: Dosso Region, where 86 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 5 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Niger this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 percent live.
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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 Namaina
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