Nuana Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Nuana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Nuaña (2) are calculated separately.
Nuana (117) may also be a first name.
Nuana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nuana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nuana (Oriya: ନୁଆନା) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Nuaña. For other possible spellings of Nuana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nuana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 983,245th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The last name Nuana is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Nuana live; 47 percent live in North Africa and 47 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 864,112th most widely held forename on earth, held by 117 people.
The last name is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Not including Egypt this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nuana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nuana in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୁଆନା | nu'ana | - |
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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 Nuana
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