Namo Surname
Approximately 6,505 people bear this surname
Namo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,729 | 1:64,911 | 4,766 |
| Philippines | 826 | 1:122,564 | 21,065 |
| Papua New Guinea | 651 | 1:12,525 | 1,164 |
| India | 411 | 1:1,866,339 | 65,497 |
| South Africa | 312 | 1:173,646 | 19,205 |
| Indonesia | 270 | 1:489,812 | 40,209 |
| Cameroon | 174 | 1:119,362 | 13,671 |
| Ivory Coast | 145 | 1:159,112 | 7,318 |
| Peru | 145 | 1:219,201 | 9,688 |
| Solomon Islands | 127 | 1:4,567 | 582 |
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| Thailand | 89 | 1:793,689 | 128,670 |
| United States | 87 | 1:4,166,195 | 223,594 |
| Ecuador | 86 | 1:184,952 | 7,637 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 1:154,010 | 967 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
The alternate forms: Ñamo (38) & Namô (1) are calculated separately.
Namo (7,336) may also be a first name.
Namo Demographics
Average Namo Salary in
United States
$55,156 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
Namo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namo in the Georgian language | ||
| ნამო | namo | - |
| Namo in the Oriya language | ||
| ନେମା | nema | 92.59 |
| ନାେମା | naema | 3.7 |
| ନାମ | nama | 3.7 |
| Namo in the Hindi language | ||
| नमो | namo | 92.51 |
| नामो | namo | 7.17 |
| नैमो | naimo | 0.11 |
| नमौ | namau | 0.11 |
| बानो | bano | 0.11 |
| Namo in the Bengali language | ||
| নম | nama | 72.5 |
| নমঃ | namah | 27.5 |
| Namo in the Marathi language | ||
| नमो | namo | 72.41 |
| नामो | namo | 27.59 |
| Namo in the Tibetan language | ||
| གནག་མོ། | nakmo | 64.1 |
| ནག་མོ། | nakmo | 7.69 |
| སྣ་མོ། | namo | 5.13 |
| གནམ་མོ། | nammo | 2.56 |
| ན་མོ། | namo | 2.56 |
| རྣ་མོ། | namo | 2.56 |
| ཉག་མོ། | nyakmo | 2.56 |
| གནག་མོ་ | nakmo | 2.56 |
| མནའམོ། | namo | 2.56 |
| ཉ་མོ། | nyamo | 2.56 |
| མནའ་མོ། | namo | 2.56 |
| གནའ་མོ། | namo | 2.56 |
| Namo in the Russian language | ||
| Намо | namo | - |
| Namo in the Arabic language | ||
| نمو | nmw | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Namo
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