Nhakura Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Nhakura Surname User-submission:
The Nhakura surname comes from a name for cow pease or beans (nyemba in Shona) cooked and eaten without soup, in Shona they call it mutakura wenyemba.
Nhakura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 234 | 1:65,975 | 9,930 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Nhakura Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Nhakura surname comes from a name for cow pease or beans (nyemba in Shona) cooked and eaten without soup, in Shona they call it mutakura wenyemba.
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Where Does The Last Name Nhakura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nhakura occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nhakura? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,052,587th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. The surname Nhakura occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nhakura live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 65,975. In Zimbabwe Nhakura is most common in: Harare Province, where 48 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 47 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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