Namo Surname

75,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Namo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,7291:64,9114,766
Philippines8261:122,56421,065
Papua New Guinea6511:12,5251,164
India4111:1,866,33965,497
South Africa3121:173,64619,205
Indonesia2701:489,81240,209
Cameroon1741:119,36213,671
Ivory Coast1451:159,1127,318
Peru1451:219,2019,688
Solomon Islands1271:4,567582
Zimbabwe1011:152,85419,365
Thailand891:793,689128,670
United States871:4,166,195223,594
Ecuador861:184,9527,637
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Iraq371:946,53112,381
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
Pakistan221:8,120,17743,015
Iran171:4,516,619115,816
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Niger121:1,599,33532,126
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Taiwan111:2,131,34113,802
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Finland61:916,11741,832
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Wales51:618,90625,852
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Bhutan41:154,010967
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China21:683,660,78330,601
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

The alternate forms: Ñamo (38) & Namô (1) are calculated separately.

Namo (7,336) may also be a first name.

Namo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Namo (Arabic: نمو, Bengali: নম, Georgian: ნამო, Hindi: नमो, Marathi: नमो, Oriya: ନେମା, Russian: Намо, Tibetan: གནག་མོ།) is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms: Ñamo or Namô. Click here to see other possible spellings of Namo.

How Common Is The Last Name Namo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 75,453rd most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,120,299 people. The last name Namo is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Namo reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Namo is also the 75,231st most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 7,336 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,729 people, or 1 in 64,911. In Nigeria Namo is mostly concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 67 percent reside, Plateau, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 67 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.

Namo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Namo surname is chiefly Christian (96%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Namo surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Namo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 29.8% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,608 per year; in South Africa they earn 13.16% less than the national average, earning R 206,364 per year; in United States they earn 27.83% more than the national average, earning $55,156 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $52,398 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ñamo9238/
Namô921/
Naimo896,053/
Nhamo895,712/
Ngamo895,214/
Namou891,991/
Namoi89669/
Namos89547/
Naumo89480/
Namoa89400/
Naamo89223/
Neamo89172/
Namoh8990/
Gnamo8969/
Nammo8961/
Namod8961/
Namuo8953/
Namot8943/
Namgo8932/
Namoo8927/
Najmo8917/
Namoz8910/
Namoj899/
Namoy896/
'Namo896/
Nahmo895/
Namho894/
Naymo894/
Naemo894/
Nnamo893/
Natmo893/
Naïmo891/
Namous809,668/
Gnamou804,580/
Ngamou801,018/
Namoit80352/
Ngamgo80234/
Naimou80223/
Namouh80217/
Ngamoy80134/
Namoos80124/
Ngammo8090/
Naimoi8087/
Ngaamo8063/
Naamou8041/
Nammou8026/
Naimot8024/
Namouz8023/
Ngamoh8022/
Naimos8021/
Naimoz8021/
Nahamo8020/
Gnamoi8018/
Gnamoy8012/
Neamos8011/
Naimoh8010/
Naumoa809/
Nnamuo808/
Namood807/
Namoch807/
Neamho807/
Ngamoi806/
Nahmou805/
Namout805/
Neamot804/
Naïmou804/
Naimoo803/
Naimod803/
Nnaimo803/
Gnammo803/
Namhou803/
Ngaimo803/
Namosh803/
Naamoo802/
Na'amo802/
Naumot802/
Namooa802/
Namooz802/
Namhoa801/
Namhoi801/
Nammod801/
Namoha801/
Natmod801/
Naumoi801/
Naumoz801/
Neamou801/
Naymou801/
Nasmou801/
Ngaumo801/
Namooy801/
Nnamoo801/
Naemou801/
Najmou801/
Namodh801/
Namott801/
Naumou801/
Ngamoo801/
Naamoi801/
Gnaumo801/
Gnamho801/
Nammos801/
Nama7594,342/
Nomo7512,573/
Nemo7511,722/
Gnammou732,209/
Nammohe73554/
Namouss73254/
Nahmoud7361/
Ngamgou7361/
Ngammoh7336/
Nahamoo7321/
Nahamou7311/
Ngnamou7310/
Ngammoo739/
Nammous737/
Nautmoo737/
Nnamoch733/
Naumoss732/
N'Gamou732/
Nahmout731/
Nammouz731/
Namaowa731/
Ngaimoi731/
Nahamod731/
Naismou731/
Namojhe731/
Ngammou731/
Ngamgoh731/
Ngaamou731/
Ngahmou731/
Gnahmou731/
Neamous730/
Naima67147,105/
Najma6721,475/
Ngomo6717,035/
Ngama6711,576/
Nhama679,871/
Nnama678,954/
Nnomo678,054/
Nayma677,453/
Namaz675,245/
Naama674,988/
Namma674,047/
Gnama672,905/
Naema672,609/
Namah672,582/
Namat671,972/
Neama671,461/
Noimo671,297/
Nauma67767/
Namas67711/
Noumo67577/
Nasma67573/
Namad67448/
Gnomo67447/
Namga67425/
Nemoi67353/
Nemoy67351/
Namaa67308/
Nomos67278/
Namap67229/
Nemoo67183/
Namau67174/
Nameu67118/
Nhemo67117/
Nomou67115/
Nemoh67101/
Neimo6779/
Nomoa6746/
Neemo6731/
Namha6730/
Nomoh6727/
Naamoush6722/
Nommo6716/
Nahma6715/
Natma6715/
Ñamot6714/
Nomot6710/
Noomo6710/
Nomoo679/
Neymo677/
Nemmo677/
Naumoush677/
Nehmo676/
Naïma676/
Nomod675/
Nomoi674/
Namahowa674/
Naamouch673/
Nhomo672/
Namasowa672/
Neumo672/
Nahmaova671/
Nomoz671/
Naàma671/
Nuimo671/
Nuomo671/
Nomgo671/
Nemuo671/
N'Gnamoi671/
N'Gnamou671/
Nnemo671/
Nahamuod671/
Nomoy671/
Noemo671/

Namo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namo in the Georgian language
ნამოnamo-
Namo in the Oriya language
ନେମାnema92.59
ନାେମାnaema3.7
ନାମnama3.7
Namo in the Hindi language
नमोnamo92.51
नामोnamo7.17
नैमोnaimo0.11
नमौnamau0.11
बानोbano0.11
Namo in the Bengali language
নমnama72.5
নমঃnamah27.5
Namo in the Marathi language
नमोnamo72.41
नामोnamo27.59
Namo in the Tibetan language
གནག་མོ།nakmo64.1
ནག་མོ།nakmo7.69
སྣ་མོ།namo5.13
གནམ་མོ།nammo2.56
ན་མོ།namo2.56
རྣ་མོ།namo2.56
ཉག་མོ།nyakmo2.56
གནག་མོ་nakmo2.56
མནའམོ།namo2.56
ཉ་མོ།nyamo2.56
མནའ་མོ།namo2.56
གནའ་མོ།namo2.56
Namo in the Russian language
Намоnamo-
Namo in the Arabic language
نموnmw-

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