Nishana Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Nishana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 129 | 1:3,133 | 313 |
| India | 125 | 1:6,136,523 | 142,720 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Nishana (2,390) may also be a first name.
Nishana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nishana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nishana (Bengali: নিশানা, Georgian: ნიშანა, Hindi: निशाना) is found in The Maldives more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nishana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 985,740th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. The surname Nishana is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Nishana live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Nishana is also the 151,848th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 2,390 people.
Nishana is most prevalent in The Maldives, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 3,133. In The Maldives Nishana is most prevalent in: Malé, where 34 percent reside, Kaafu Atoll, where 13 percent reside and Seenu Atoll, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The Maldives this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 48 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nishana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nishana in the Georgian language | ||
| ნიშანა | nishana | - |
| Nishana in the Bengali language | ||
| নিশানা | nisana | 90.91 |
| ণিশানা | nisana | 9.09 |
| Nishana in the Hindi language | ||
| निशाना | nisana | 79.41 |
| निशँा | nisama | 14.71 |
| निशंा | nisama | 2.94 |
| नीशाना | nisana | 2.94 |
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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 Nishana
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