Nabakwe Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nabakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nabakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya871:530,80326,276
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nabakwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nabakwe is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nabakwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nabakwe? popularity and diffusion

Nabakwe is the 1,931,261st most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nabakwe live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Nabakwe is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 530,803. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 78 percent live, Nairobi County, where 10 percent live and Kakamega County, where 5 percent live. Not including Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Nabakwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nabakw921/
Nabakwa8646/
Nabagwe864/
Navakwe861/
Nabakwai8011/
Nabaigwe802/
Naibagwe801/
Nabaskues757/
Nhabangwe751/
Nabakwaya751/
Nabacwa714,449/
Nabagwa7133/
Nabogwe7110/
Nobokwe717/
Nabague716/
Nabokwa711/
Nabagwi711/
Nabaigwa671,538/
Nabaccwa6780/
Nobhokwe677/
Nabanque675/
Naibagwa674/
Nnabacwa673/
Nabaggwa672/
Nabacwha672/
Nabaacwa672/
Nobokhwe671/
Naboogwe671/

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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 Nabakwe
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