Narkwah Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Narkwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Narkwah 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
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793

Narkwah Last Name Facts

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

Narkwah is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Narkwah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 796,486th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname Narkwah is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Narkwah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Other than Ghana this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

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
Narkwa92359/
Norkwa772/
Nargwa771/
Nahyrkway751/
Gnarkua711/
Narengwa671/
Narcua622/
Norgbah571/
Noringwa531/
Ngourgwa531/

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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 Narkwah
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