Nanema Surname

46,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,031 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Nanema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso10,8571:1,690244
Ivory Coast971:237,8489,622
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
India271:28,409,829361,298
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France31:22,140,907385,998
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Nanéma (5) are calculated separately.

Nanema (634) may also be a first name.

Nanema Last Name Facts

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

Nanema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻧﻤﻪ, Hindi: ननेमा, Marathi: नानेमा) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It can also appear as: Nanéma. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanema? popularity and diffusion

Nanema is the 46,967th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 660,642 people. The surname Nanema occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nanema live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 330,552nd most common first name globally It is held by 634 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 10,857 people, or 1 in 1,690. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Nord Region, where 47 percent live, Centre Region, where 23 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Burkina Faso this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nanema Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻧﺎﻧﻤﻪnanmh-
Nanema in the Hindi language
ननेमाnanema-
Nanema in the Marathi language
नानेमाnanema-

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Footnotes

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