Ñâ
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ñâ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country, where it is the 69th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Old Swedish hana, accusative form of hon. In most dialects, the corresponding dative form (henne, in Old Norse: hænni) has taken its place. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk na.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 152K
- EGEgypt≈1 in 352K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 63 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Na in EG Egypt, MA Morocco, Nã in DZ Algeria, Nà in TN Tunisia and Nä in LY Libya.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Old Swedish hana, accusative form of hon. In most dialects, the corresponding dative form (henne, in Old Norse: hænni) has taken its place. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk na.
Sources 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- Wiktionary
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ñâ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ñâ mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Swedish hana, accusative form of hon. In most dialects, the corresponding dative form (henne, in Old Norse: hænni) has taken its place. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk na. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Digital Pāḷi Dictionary and 5 other sources.
- In which country does Ñâ have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.0 thousand people named Ñâ in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nã.
- How common is the name Ñâ?
- In Poland, the national register counted 54 people named Ñâ in 2026, about 1 in 709 thousand residents.
- How common is Ñâ compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Ñâ is the 69th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ñâ” — the 69th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.