Nantaya Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Nantaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 194 | 1:201,233 | 16,122 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nantaya (497) may also be a first name.
Nantaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nantaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nantaya (Marathi: नान्टया) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nantaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,108,016th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Nantaya are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nantaya is also the 380,582nd most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 497 people.
Nantaya is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 201,233. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Nakasongola District, where 59 percent are found, Kiryandongo District, where 10 percent are found and Buyende District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nantaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nantaya in the Marathi language | ||
| नान्टया | nantaya | - |
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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 Nantaya
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