Nayake Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Nayake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 141 | 1:5,440,180 | 132,298 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
The alternate forms: Nayaké (1) are calculated separately.
Nayake (144) may also be a first name.
Nayake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nayake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nayake (Hindi: नायके, Marathi: नायके, Oriya: ନାୟେକ, Russian: Наякэ) is most common in India. It may be found in the variant forms: Nayaké. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nayake? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nayake is the 1,398,030th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Nayake are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Nayake is also the 769,375th most widespread given name on earth, held by 144 people.
This surname is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 5,440,180. In India Nayake is primarily found in: Jharkhand, where 35 percent live, Maharashtra, where 23 percent live and West Bengal, where 13 percent live. Besides India it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nayake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nayake in the Hindi language | ||
| नायके | nayake | - |
| Nayake in the Marathi language | ||
| नायके | nayake | 96 |
| नायकेाबाई | nayakeaba'i | 4 |
| Nayake in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାୟେକ | nayeka | 66.67 |
| ନାୟକ | nayaka | 33.33 |
| Nayake in the Russian language | ||
| Наякэ | naake | - |
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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 Nayake
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