Nekessa Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nekessa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nekessa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1031:379,02224,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Nekessa (109) may also be a first name.

Nekessa Last Name Facts

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

Nekessa is most common in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nekessa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nekessa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,785,358th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. Nekessa is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nekessa are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 109 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 379,022. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Busia District, where 60 percent are found, Namayingo District, where 22 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 4 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Nekessa
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