Nekene Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Nekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nekene Demographics
Average Nekene Salary in
South Africa
R 111,984
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nekene occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nekene is the 926,175th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nekene reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 360,388. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 27 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Nekene Last Name Statistics demography
Nekene earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.88% less than the national average, earning R 111,984 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neykene | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngekene | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nekeinie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nakene | 83 | 638 | / |
| Nekane | 83 | 81 | / |
| Nekena | 83 | 30 | / |
| Nekeni | 83 | 25 | / |
| Nokene | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nekone | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nekean | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nekine | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nikene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Naykene | 77 | 858 | / |
| Nakaene | 77 | 68 | / |
| Neketin | 77 | 39 | / |
| Neikena | 77 | 22 | / |
| Nakiene | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nekenoa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nikiene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nikenge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neskyne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niokene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nokoene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnekane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neakane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neukine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nekenyi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nekeing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niekeni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neekone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neykane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nakeene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neukone | 77 | 0 | / |
| Nedkhean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnekeany | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nickiene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neekaine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nekaiten | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nickener | 71 | 0 | / |
| Nekhin | 67 | 141 | / |
| Nakeni | 67 | 127 | / |
| Nekani | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nekhyn | 67 | 26 | / |
| Nekini | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nokeni | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nikeni | 67 | 7 | / |
| Neckenich | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nekayn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nekoni | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nekain | 67 | 3 | / |
| Necone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nekgin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nekany | 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 Nekene
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