Nankela Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Nankela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 187 | 1:12,884 | 2,402 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Nankela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nankela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nankela has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nankela.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nankela is the 1,227,038th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name Nankela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nankela reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Nankela is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 12,884. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Oshikoto Region, where 46 percent are found, Erongo Region, where 24 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 22 percent are found. Besides Namibia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nankala | 86 | 1,922 | / |
| Nankola | 86 | 243 | / |
| Nankeli | 86 | 35 | / |
| Nankelo | 86 | 34 | / |
| Nankila | 86 | 24 | / |
| Nancela | 86 | 18 | / |
| Nonkela | 86 | 6 | / |
| Nankele | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nangkala | 80 | 22 | / |
| Nankolai | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nainkele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nhenkela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngankele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nainkala | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nonkcela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nankelee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nangkhala | 75 | 21 | / |
| Neunkeula | 75 | 5 | / |
| Nanchelai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nonkala | 71 | 291 | / |
| Nankili | 71 | 37 | / |
| Nonkila | 71 | 21 | / |
| Nankolo | 71 | 13 | / |
| Noncela | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nankile | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nonkele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nonkelo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namkele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanceli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nankała | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nancila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nonckele | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nankoile | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nankhile | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nonkahla | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nonkcele | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nonkohla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nankalei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nankoyle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nonkehle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nonchela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namkheli | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nankela
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