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.

Nakanyika Surname Distribution Map

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

Nakanyika has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakanyika? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 72,584th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,073,118 people. It 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 is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 6,779 people, or 1 in 2,338. In Zambia Nakanyika is most frequent in: Muchinga Province, where 50 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 13 percent live. Not including Zambia Nakanyika exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent live and Malawi, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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