Ndakwa Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ndakwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndakwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3421:216,02221,248
Kenya3111:148,48811,824
Cameroon1921:108,17212,669
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Ndakwa (28) may also be a first name.

Ndakwa Last Name Facts

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

Ndakwa is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndakwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ndakwa is the 401,796th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndakwa are found; 61 percent are found in Central Africa and 61 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 28 people.

The last name Ndakwa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 216,022. Beside The DR Congo Ndakwa is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 22 percent live.

Ndakwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ndakwa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndaikwa92628/
Ndakwah9242/
Ndankwah862/
Ndagwa83666/
Ndekwa83528/
Ndakwe83475/
Ndokwa83333/
Ndakwo83133/
Ndakwi83118/
Ndakua835/
Ndakwey7762/
Ndaigwa7714/
Ndankwe775/
Ndakweh772/
Ndekw'a771/
Ndonkwa771/
Ndakwei771/
Ndahkwe771/
Nndaikwe713/
Ndaangwa711/
Ndoukkwa711/
Ndongkwa711/
Ndangkwe711/
Ndegwa6744,122/
Ndokwe67441/
Ndagba67204/
Ndakue6775/
Ndekwo6750/
Ndokwo6722/
Ndagwe6717/
Ndogwa6713/
Ndagua671/
Ndakui671/

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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 Ndakwa
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