Namakan Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Namakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

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

Namakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namakan in the Oriya language
ନାମଜାନnamajana-

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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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  • 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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