Nanchan Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Nanchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nanchan (576) may also be a first name.
Nanchan Demographics
Nanchan Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Nanchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nanchan (Hindi: नन्चन, Marathi: नांचण) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nanchan.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanchan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nanchan is the 1,263,456th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. Nanchan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nanchan live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nanchan is also the 349,109th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 576 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 1,463,990. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Borno, where 98 percent reside, Delta, where 1 percent reside and Kogi, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 18 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Nanchan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nanchan surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nanchan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nanchan in the Hindi language | ||
| नन्चन | nancana | - |
| Nanchan in the Marathi language | ||
| नांचण | nancana | 88.89 |
| नांचन | nancana | 11.11 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nanchan
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