Namakan Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Namakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Namakan (1,912) may also be a first name.
Namakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namakan (Oriya: ନାମଜାନ) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Namakan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namakan is the 4,532,898th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Namakan live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 173,742nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 1,912 people.
It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 2,788,520. In Uganda Namakan is primarily concentrated in: Kotido District, where 100 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngamakan | 93 | 70 | / |
| Namakean | 93 | 15 | / |
| Namakhan | 93 | 2 | / |
| Naemakan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Namakkan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Naimakhan | 88 | 118 | / |
| Nammakhan | 88 | 4 | / |
| Namakaine | 88 | 1 | / |
| Naumakhan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Namakhane | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nemakan | 86 | 35 | / |
| Namakon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Namakanova | 82 | 8 | / |
| Naimatkhan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Namakham | 80 | 25 | / |
| Namaqean | 80 | 22 | / |
| Namakong | 80 | 5 | / |
| Noumakan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nammakon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namakond | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nammakham | 75 | 3 | / |
| Namatkham | 75 | 2 | / |
| Naimakhon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Naimacand | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namakonova | 71 | 292 | / |
| Namekon | 71 | 53 | / |
| Namokanova | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nemakon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Namokon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Noumakon | 67 | 137 | / |
| Ngomakon | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nnamokon | 67 | 10 | / |
| Namotkon | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nomokane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namokein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nammakom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neimacand | 63 | 4 | / |
| Nomakonova | 59 | 39 | / |
| Nootmakong | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nemekon | 57 | 61 | / |
| Nomekon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nnomekon | 53 | 20 | / |
Namakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାମଜାନ | namajana | - |
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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 Namakan
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