Nakwenye Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nakwenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nakwenye 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
Namibia161:150,5889,534
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nakwenye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nakwenye is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakwenye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nakwenye is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakwenye reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 150,588. In Namibia Nakwenye is mostly concentrated in: Oshana Region, where 81 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 6 percent reside and Omusati Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Namibia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 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
Nokwenye881/
Nagwenya751/
Nakwanje63315/
Nogwanye6319/
Nocwanye637/
Nakwinja634/
Nokwenja633/
Nagwenja631/
Nagbenou503/
Nogwinya501/

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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 Nakwenye
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