Nenkwe Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Nenkwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nenkwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nenkwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nenkwe is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nenkwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nenkwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Nenkwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nenkwe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kibuku District, where 37 percent reside, Pallisa District, where 37 percent reside and Buyende District, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Nenkwe
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