Nareka Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Nareka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nareka (116) may also be a first name.
Nareka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nareka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nareka is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nareka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,666,404th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Nareka reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 868,627th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 116 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 70,291. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 68 percent reside, Morobe, where 31 percent reside and West New Britain, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nareka
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