Nn Surname

197,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2151:145,7979,277
Indonesia8261:160,10815,625
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
India221:34,866,608408,224
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Iran51:15,356,505213,424
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

The alternate forms: Ññ (1) are calculated separately.

Nn (2,007) may also be a first name.

Nn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nn (Hindi: एनएन, Russian: Нн) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Ññ. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 197,341st most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,434,282 people. The last name Nn is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Nn reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nn is also the 168,700th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 2,007 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,215 people, or 1 in 145,797. In Nigeria Nn is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 98 percent live, Kano, where 1 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 0 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Nn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (63%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nne80486/
Nnh8018/
Hnn8015/
Nnd809/
Nng808/
Nnq807/
Nnt804/
Nnn802/
Ånn801/
n6716,451/
Ngne67110/
N'Ne6715/
Ånnø6710/
Hnng676/
Hnne674/
Hënn674/
Uann672/
Nngg672/
Nnkk672/
Nnhh671/
Hnnq671/
Hnnn671/
Hnnk671/
Hnnh671/
Hnnc671/
Nnnq671/
Nnng671/
Nnkg671/
Nnht671/
Nnhs671/
Nnhp671/
Nngc671/
Nnbp671/
Nnzs671/
Nnqh671/
Nnqg671/
Ññ671/
Nịnå671/
Nënë671/
Nnth671/
Nnhe671/
Nnnn671/

Nn Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nn in the Hindi language
एनएनena'ena-
Nn in the Russian language
Ннnn-

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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 Nn
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