Nkabe Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1301:416,75236,221
Zambia331:480,30121,871
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nkabe (198) may also be a first name.

Nkabe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkabe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkabe? popularity and diffusion

Nkabe is the 1,198,640th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname Nkabe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkabe reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 644,447th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 198 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 416,752. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 67 percent are found, North West, where 18 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.

Nkabe Last Name Statistics demography

Nkabe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.07% less than the national average, earning R 73,500 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nkaba804,637/
Nkabi802,552/
Nkebe801,440/
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Nkgabi7330/
Nkabyi7316/
Nkhobe7316/
Nkaabi7313/
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Nkgobe733/
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Nkobei732/
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N'Kobe731/
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Nkaybi731/
Nkobet731/
Nkohbe731/
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Nkabih731/
Nkabay731/
Nkuibe731/
Nkeibeh6718/
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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
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  • 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 Nkabe
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