Nekeya Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Nekeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nekeya (121) may also be a first name.
Nekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nekeya occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Nekeya is mostly found in Oceania, where 64 percent of Nekeya are found; 64 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 64 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nekeya is also the 848,089th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 121 people.
This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Nekeya is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 64 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 29 percent are found and Hela, where 7 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 27 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 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 Nekeya
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