Nekayi Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Nekayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 156 | 1:15,445 | 2,810 |
| Iran | 54 | 1:1,421,899 | 57,683 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nekayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nekayi has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nekayi is the 1,125,333rd most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Nekayi reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Nekayi is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 15,445. In Namibia Nekayi is most numerous in: Oshikoto Region, where 78 percent live, Oshana Region, where 13 percent live and Erongo Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Namibia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Nekayi
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