Na
loc · Latin script
Meaning: there is only one Chinese character for the Na surname
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Na is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. In Macao it is the 35th most common surname.
- KRSouth Korea1 in 322as 나(measured from records)
- INIndia≈1 in 5.7K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 8.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Na itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈230,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
India, 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 나 in KR South Korea, MO Macao, US United States and 2 more.
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)
there is only one Chinese character for the Na surname. Some sources indicate that there are 46 different Na clans, but only two of them can be documented, and it is believed that these two sprang from a common founding ancestor. The Na clan’s founding ancestor, Na Pu, migrated from China sometime during the mid-seventh century and settled in the Naju area.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Na 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | — | ≈230,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | 14 | — | 32 |
| KR South Korea | #41 | 161,015as 나 | 1 in 322 | 192K | 나 | 141 |
| CN China | — | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Na | 109 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | 나 | 36 |
| US United States | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 99K | 5 | 나 | 171 |
| MO Macao | #35 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 465 | — | 나 | 4 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Na | 51 |
| PL Poland | — | 54 | 1 in 709K | 36 | 나 | 1 |
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: KOSIS 2015 Census — surname population with hanja variants; KOSIS — 2015 census surnames; SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Na is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Korean, there are two sources of this surname. One is the state of Na that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC). The other source is the Hu ethnic group, some of whom adopted Na as their surname.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In dag, 1. hither; here. [Yim na! Come out here!] 2. ... and bring. (This is an [Gbaama o na! Catch him understood meaning and in and bring him here! frequent usage.) Cham n-da boroboro na! Go and buy bread and bring it here.] na ? aux. The indicator of the subjunctive mood. ?? see naan
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In men, naa,=na, def. st. nasia, demons. pron., this, these, that, those. ‘There being norelative pronoun, it frequently stands for “the one who, those who,” and “the same;” as, foloi na, that day, or foldi na ma, on the same day “
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In Akan, iV, V. [red. nan'nftn] to melt, liquify, dissolve (tr. d' intr.), to become liquid, be dissolved; said of metals, wax, tallow, fat (srade, nku, nno &c. opj*- da); cf bono
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In men, there, thence; if, and here, there. Lye na, he is there; wa li na, do not go there=thither. Sometimes it appears pleonastic, as—gbamaile hinddi gbi tO poméi a ye na, mia lo kowéisia ta yando na, lit. for wheresoever it is that the carcass is there, there it is the eagles shall gather there
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Luo Guanzhongb. 1334CNnot in their usual name14th-century Chinese writer
- Na Hye-sokb. 1896KRwriter and painter from Korea (1896-1948)
- Luo Ruiqingb. 1906CNnot in their usual nameChinese general, politician (1906-1978)
- Lo Weib. 1918CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director (1918–1996)
- Na Moon-heeb. 1941KRSouth Korean actress
- Na Young-heeb. 1961KRSouth Korean actress
- Ra Mi-ranb. 1975KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
- Show Lob. 1979TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer, actor and dancer
- Li Nab. 1982CNChinese tennis player
- Na Hae-ryungb. 1994KRSouth Korean singer and actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR South Korea | KOSIS — 2015 census surnames | 2015 | 192K | #38 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 36 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 18 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Na mean, and where does it come from?
- there is only one Chinese character for the Na surname. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Na have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 231 thousand people named Na in India, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Na?
- In Poland, the national register counted 54 people named Na in 2026, about 1 in 709 thousand residents.
- How common is Na compared with other names?
- In Macao, Na is the 35th most common surname of 436 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, “Na” — the 35th most common surname in Macao. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.