Nayanakantha Surname
Approximately 450 people bear this surname
Nayanakantha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Nayanakantha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nayanakantha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nayanakantha has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nayanakantha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nayanakantha is the 666,162nd most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nayanakantha reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
Nayanakantha is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Barring Sri Lanka Nayanakantha is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 2 percent are found and Japan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nayanakanthi | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nayanakanti | 87 | 10 | / |
| Gnanakantha | 87 | 1 | / |
| Gnanagantha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nonkantha | 76 | 45 | / |
| Nainakanti | 73 | 111 | / |
| Nueanachantha | 72 | 4 | / |
| Nainakkanti | 70 | 1 | / |
| Nenkanthi | 67 | 78 | / |
| Nanganath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ninkanith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nonngaintha | 52 | 179 | / |
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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 Nayanakantha
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