Nankana Surname

595,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nankana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nankana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3841:41,2764,054
Pakistan561:3,190,06925,212
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
India301:25,568,846339,406
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nankana (3,366) may also be a first name.

Nankana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nankana (Hindi: ननकना) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nankana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nankana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nankana is the 595,654th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 13,934,122 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Nankana live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 122,905th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 3,366 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 384 people, or 1 in 41,276. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Northern Province, where 98 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent are found and Muchinga Province, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nankana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nankana in the Hindi language
ननकनाnanakana97.4
नन्कनाnankana1.5
नंकनाnankana0.57
ननकानाnanakana0.35
नानकनाnanakana0.09
नन्कानाnankana0.09

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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 Nankana
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