Nanla Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Nanla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Nanlá (1) are calculated separately.
Nanla (406) may also be a first name.
Nanla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nanla (Hindi: नान्ला, Marathi: नानला, Oriya: ନଳ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Nanlá. Click here for other possible spellings of Nanla.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanla? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,272,314th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Nanla live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 427,982nd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 406 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 2,393,821. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 74 percent reside, Rivers, where 11 percent reside and Benue, where 8 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent reside and Thailand, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nanla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nanla in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଳ | nala | - |
| Nanla in the Marathi language | ||
| नानला | nanala | 98.69 |
| ननला | nanala | 1.31 |
| Nanla in the Hindi language | ||
| नान्ला | nanla | 50 |
| नन्ला | nanla | 25 |
| नन्ल | nanla | 25 |
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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 Nanla
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