Namene Surname
Approximately 2,139 people bear this surname
Namene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,451 | 1:1,661 | 229 |
| Nigeria | 450 | 1:393,651 | 20,728 |
| Ivory Coast | 148 | 1:155,887 | 7,212 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 1:1,668,373 | 13,584 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Naméné (1) are calculated separately.
Namene (342) may also be a first name.
Namene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻨﻪ) is most common in Namibia. It can appear as a variant: Naméné. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 196,045th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,406,987 people. The surname Namene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Namene reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 472,030th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 342 people.
The surname Namene is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 1,451 people, or 1 in 1,661. In Namibia Namene is mostly concentrated in: Oshikoto Region, where 53 percent live, Khomas Region, where 14 percent live and Oshana Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Namibia this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻨﻪ | alnamnh | 40 |
| ﺃﻧﺎﻣﻨﻪ | anamnh | 20 |
| ﻧﺎﻣﻨﻪ | namnh | 20 |
| ﺍﻧﺎﻣﻨﻪ | anamnh | 20 |
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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 Namene
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