Nandua Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nandua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nandua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Ñandua (9) are calculated separately.

Nandua (155) may also be a first name.

Nandua Last Name Facts

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

Nandua is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Ñandua. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nandua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,746,821st most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Nandua live; 54 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Nandua is also the 738,219th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 155 people.

This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Nandua is primarily found in: Chimbu, where 78 percent live, Jiwaka, where 19 percent live and New Ireland, where 4 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Nandua is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ñandua949/
Nanduah925/
Ngandua924/
Nandwa837,372/
Nantua8399/
Nandva836/
Namdua831/
Nondua831/
Ngandwa7769/
Nonduah7752/
Nandwat7711/
Ngondua775/
Nantuha773/
Nhendua772/
Nhandwa772/
Nandwah771/
Nganduo771/
Nandwai771/
Nandwad771/
Nandbai771/
Nasendwa712/
N'Ganduo711/
Natendwa711/
Nahandwa711/
Nga'ndwa711/
Nondwa6745/
Nassendwa6718/
Namtua677/
Nonduo673/
Nântua671/
Namdwa671/
Nandwo671/
Namtuay622/
Nontuah621/
Nhondwa621/
Nosindwa5773/

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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 Nandua
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