Nekase Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Nekase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nekase (75) may also be a first name.
Nekase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekase Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nekase is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nekase.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekase? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nekase reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nekase is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 75 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Nekase is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Nekase
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