Nanamba Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nanamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nanamba (339) may also be a first name.

Nanamba Last Name Facts

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

Nanamba (Marathi: नानंबा) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanamba? popularity and diffusion

Nanamba is the 5,391,485th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Nanamba live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 474,488th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 339 people.

The surname Nanamba is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Nanamba is most frequent in: North West, where 100 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 15 percent reside and Benin, where 8 percent reside.

Nanamba Last Name Statistics demography

Nanamba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.88% less than the national average, earning R 64,452 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nanamba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanamba in the Marathi language
नानंबाnanamba-

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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
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  • 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 Nanamba
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