National Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

National Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

National Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines851:1,191,03893,973
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

National (1,813) may also be a first name.

National Last Name Facts

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

The surname National (Arabic: طنية, Hindi: नेशनल, Marathi: नॅशनल, Oriya: େନସନାଲ) occurs most in The Philippines. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name National? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,765,740th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of National reside; 81 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 179,326th most common first name globally, borne by 1,813 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 1,191,038. In The Philippines it is most common in: Eastern Visayas, where 18 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 13 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 11 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

National Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
National in the Hindi language
नेशनलnesanala-
National in the Oriya language
େନସନାଲenasanala-
National in the Marathi language
नॅशनलnesanala50
नशनलnasanala50
National in the Arabic language
طنيةtnyt-
وطنيwtny-
وطنيهwtnyh-

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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 National
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