Nayakan Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Nayakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nayakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1821:4,214,645112,328
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nayakan (165) may also be a first name.

Nayakan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nayakan (Hindi: नायकङा) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nayakan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,048,281st most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nayakan live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nayakan is also the 712,876th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 165 people.

The last name Nayakan is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 4,214,645. In India Nayakan is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 58 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 28 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 6 percent reside. Apart from India this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Qatar, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nayakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nayakan in the Hindi language
नायकङाnayakana83.33
नायकणnayakana16.67

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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 Nayakan
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