Nuakan Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Nuakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nuakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nuakan is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuakan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Nuakan are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Nuakan is most prevalent in: Grand Kru County, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Liberia it exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuakon | 83 | 46 | / |
| Nwakan | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nuhaikang | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nuakong | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nuadkam | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nuatkham | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nwazkhan | 71 | 10 | / |
| Nwadkhan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nuadkham | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nbaukaan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nwakaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nwakon | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nwokan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nvacan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwajdkhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaikan | 62 | 16 | / |
| Nwaukam | 62 | 5 | / |
| Nvacant | 62 | 3 | / |
| Nwakong | 62 | 3 | / |
| Nwoukam | 62 | 3 | / |
| Mbakhan | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwakohn | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mboukan | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwadkon | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbaikaan | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nwaikong | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbaukaaan | 53 | 4 | / |
| Nwokon | 50 | 12 | / |
| Nbacon | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nuakan
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