Nanaya Surname
Approximately 624 people bear this surname
Nanaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 482 | 1:39,817 | 2,133 |
| India | 105 | 1:7,305,385 | 159,213 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Nanaya (217) may also be a first name.
Nanaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nanaya (Hindi: नानया, Marathi: नानया, Oriya: ନାନାୟା, Russian: Наная) is found most frequently in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 521,266th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,678,759 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Nanaya live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Chadic Africa. Nanaya is also the 612,983rd most frequently held first name internationally, held by 217 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 482 people, or 1 in 39,817. In Niger it is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 87 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 13 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 0 percent reside. Other than Niger Nanaya exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nanaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nanaya in the Marathi language | ||
| नानया | nanaya | 95.74 |
| नयना | nayana | 0.85 |
| नानेया | naneya | 0.85 |
| नानाया | nanaya | 0.85 |
| नाणाया | nanaya | 0.43 |
| बानया | banaya | 0.43 |
| ननया | nanaya | 0.43 |
| कन्हया | kanhaya | 0.43 |
| Nanaya in the Hindi language | ||
| नानया | nanaya | 66.67 |
| ननया | nanaya | 33.33 |
| Nanaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାନାୟା | nanaya | 50 |
| ନନୟା | nanaya | 50 |
| Nanaya in the Russian language | ||
| Наная | nanaa | - |
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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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- 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 Nanaya
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