Nanmen Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Nanmen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanmen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan401:3,196,10733,800
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Nanmen (21) may also be a first name.

Nanmen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanmen is found most frequently in Japan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nanmen.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanmen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nanmen is the 2,506,728th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. Nanmen is mostly found in Asia, where 68 percent of Nanmen are found; 68 percent are found in East Asia and 68 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Nanmen is also the 2,368,944th most common first name at a global level, held by 21 people.

The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 3,196,107. In Japan it is most common in: Kyoto Prefecture, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Japan Nanmen is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nanmuen925/
Nganmen923/
Nanmin832/
Nammen831/
Nanmengne801/
Gnanmin7714/
Nanmion774/
Neanmin773/
Nanming771/
Nonmehn771/
Nounmen771/
Nan'min771/
Naunming713/
Natinmin711/
Nammem671/
Nommen671/
Nounming571/
Nuonming571/
Noutinmin532/
Nammin502/

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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 Nanmen
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