Napona Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Napona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Napona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Napona Last Name Facts

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

The surname Napona is most common in Burkina Faso. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Napona? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Napona occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Napona reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 9,176,050. In Burkina Faso it is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 50 percent are found and Centre-Sud Region, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Burkina Faso Napona exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 29 percent are found and Benin, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngapona92104/
Naponga9245/
Ngaponea864/
Napone831,709/
Napana83156/
Napono83119/
Naponi8315/
Napuna839/
Nopona831/
Napony831/
Napena831/
Napanga77795/
Nadpana77584/
Napongo7759/
Napasna7715/
Naepana7710/
Naupena777/
Napanat772/
Naphana772/
Nasponi772/
Nahpana771/
Naipana771/
Naupana771/
Napaana771/
Napunga771/
Napuono771/
Napomny771/
Napanna771/
Naphone771/
Napuunoa7181/
Naphanga7118/
Ngapunga719/
Nadpanna715/
Naipanai712/
Naapongo712/
Ngapanha711/
Ngapanga711/
Naphunah711/
Naphatna711/
Napaanga711/
Naiponoi711/
Ngapouni711/
Napano67236/
Napune6750/
Napani6729/
Napuni6727/
Napane6724/
Napaño6721/
Napany674/
Natphatna671/
Noponi671/
Nasbpoune671/
Ngapounou671/
Ngaypoune671/

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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 Napona
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