Namau Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Namau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Namau (179) may also be a first name.
Namau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namau (Hindi: नामाु) is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Namau? popularity and diffusion
Namau is the 1,300,225th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Namau occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Namau are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 681,368th most commonly held forename throughout the world, borne by 179 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 55 percent reside, Zamfara, where 20 percent reside and Gombe, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namau in the Hindi language | ||
| नामाु | namau | 28.57 |
| नमौ | namau | 14.29 |
| नमऊ | nama'u | 14.29 |
| नामौ | namau | 14.29 |
| नमउ | nama'u | 14.29 |
| नामाू | namau | 14.29 |
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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 Namau
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