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
Namo Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Namo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namo (Arabic: نمو, Bengali: নম, Georgian: ნამო, Hindi: नमो, Marathi: नमो, Oriya: ନେମା, Russian: Намо, Tibetan: གནག་མོ།) is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms: Ñamo or Namô. For other potential spellings of Namo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 75,453rd most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,120,299 people. This last name is predominantly 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 commonly held first name on earth It is held by 7,336 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,729 people, or 1 in 64,911. In Nigeria Namo is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 67 percent reside, Plateau, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 67 countries. It also occurs 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 bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Namo surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the 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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