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
Nareka is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nareka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,666,404th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Nareka occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Nareka are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nareka is also the 868,627th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 116 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 70,291. In Papua New Guinea Nareka is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 68 percent are found, Morobe, where 31 percent are found and West New Britain, where 1 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
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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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