Nakanyika Surname

72,584th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nakanyika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nakanyika Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia6,7791:2,338314
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
England31:18,572,686338,250

Nakanyika Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nakanyika is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakanyika? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 72,584th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,073,118 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakanyika live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Nakanyika is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 6,779 people, or 1 in 2,338. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 50 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent reside. Beside Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and Malawi, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakanyike896,186/
Nakanyiki897/
Nakanyeka892/
Nnakanyike844/
Nakkanyike841/
Nakanyikke841/
Natkaniecka801/
Nakanyeke7843/
Nakanyice781/
Nakanjaiko741/
Nakanheke671/
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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 Nakanyika
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