Nkabela Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Nkabela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkabela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkabela Last Name Facts

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

Nkabela occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkabela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkabela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 3,186,924. In South Africa Nkabela is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 47 percent reside, North West, where 35 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it exists in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.

Nkabela Last Name Statistics demography

Nkabela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.35% less than the national average, earning R 77,592 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nkabila86196/
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Nkabala8626/
Nkebela868/
Nkabele867/
Ncabela863/
Nkavela861/
Nkabelo861/
Nkhabele8018/
Nkampela804/
Ngkabola802/
Nkhabala801/
Nkabiele801/
Ngcabela801/
Nkgabele801/
Nkaubele801/
Nkoubela801/
Ncobela712,067/
Nkebila71317/
Nkavila7164/
Nqavela7134/
Nqabeli7124/
Nqobela719/
Ncabele718/
Nkobele714/
Nkabile713/
Nkabili713/
Nkobala712/
Nkovela712/
Ncabelo711/
Nqabele711/
Nqabala711/
Nqabelo711/
Nkobola711/
Nkobelo711/
Nkabalo711/
Nkompela67650/
Ngcobela6727/
Nkgobele6717/
Ngqobela6710/
Nkampelo674/
Nkhavele673/
Ngqavela672/
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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 Nkabela
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