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) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Nayaké. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nayake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,398,030th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Nayake live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 769,375th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 144 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 5,440,180. In India it is most frequent in: Jharkhand, where 35 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 23 percent reside and West Bengal, where 13 percent reside. Besides India it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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