Nkaina Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Nkaina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 294 | 1:180,074 | 15,674 |
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nkaina (19) may also be a first name.
Nkaina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkaina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkaina is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkaina? popularity and diffusion
It is the 727,600th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. Nkaina occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkaina are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
Nkaina is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 180,074. In Tanzania Nkaina is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 60 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live and Geita Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nkaina
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