Nakanga Surname
Approximately 1,172 people bear this surname
Nakanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| DR Congo | 335 | 1:220,536 | 21,570 |
| Zambia | 207 | 1:76,570 | 6,564 |
| Uganda | 122 | 1:319,994 | 21,696 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nakanga (85) may also be a first name.
Nakanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakanga is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nakanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakanga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 319,156th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,218,043 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakanga live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 85 people.
Nakanga is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Barring Malawi this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent reside and Zambia, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Nakanga
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