Nkakane Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Nkakane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 44 | 1:46,194 | 7,453 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nkakane (18) may also be a first name.
Nkakane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkakane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkakane occurs most in Lesotho. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkakane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. Nkakane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkakane are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 18 people.
The last name Nkakane is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 46,194. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Mokhotlong District, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho Nkakane occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkakaine | 93 | 34 | / |
| N'Kakane | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nkakan | 92 | 24 | / |
| Nkgakgane | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nkakaiane | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nkaakanhe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nkakene | 86 | 232 | / |
| Nkakana | 86 | 58 | / |
| Ncakane | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nkokane | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nkakaan | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nkakani | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nqakane | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngcakane | 80 | 39 | / |
| Ngqakane | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nccakane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkakanyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkakaini | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkakam | 77 | 35 | / |
| Nkacan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkakangni | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nkaykhana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkokana | 71 | 365 | / |
| Nkokani | 71 | 233 | / |
| Nkekani | 71 | 34 | / |
| Nkokene | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ncakana | 71 | 10 | / |
| Nqakani | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ncokane | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nkakona | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ncakani | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ncacane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkakeni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nqokane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngcakani | 67 | 328 | / |
| Ngcakana | 67 | 53 | / |
| Nkuikani | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ngcokane | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ngqekane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaikoni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkoikine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkekanyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nk'akona | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkakane
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