Nekoto Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nekoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nekoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1101:21,9043,735
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Nekoto (72) may also be a first name.

Nekoto Last Name Facts

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

Nekoto is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nekoto? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,718,748th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Nekoto occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nekoto live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nekoto is also the 1,143,416th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 72 people.

Nekoto is most widespread in Namibia, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 21,904. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Ohangwena Region, where 94 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 4 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Namibia Nekoto is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngekoto9227/
Nekouto926/
Neskoto921/
Nekota83354/
Nakoto8365/
Nokoto8328/
Nikoto835/
Neketo834/
Nekuto833/
Nekato832/
Nyokoto77226/
Noeketo774/
Nekhota773/
Naikoto772/
Nekoita771/
Nokotho771/
Nakotto771/
Nakoito771/
Nekgotha7130/
Nakoutou7111/
Nescouto712/
Nikoutou711/
Nakottou711/
Nakato6761,293/
Nakota67177/
Naketo67135/
Nekata67134/
Nekuta67131/
Nikota6738/
Nokota6731/
Neketa6724/
Nokato6710/
Nikuto675/
Nikato672/
Niketo672/
Nykato672/
Ngaikouto671/
Nicoto671/

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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 Nekoto
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