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 surname Namau (Hindi: नामाु) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Namau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namau is the 1,300,225th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Namau occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Namau live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 681,368th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 179 people.
The surname Namau is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria Namau is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 55 percent live, Zamfara, where 20 percent live and Gombe, where 9 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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