Nkalai Surname
Approximately 969 people bear this surname
Nkalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 599 | 1:3,393 | 592 |
| Kenya | 222 | 1:208,018 | 14,946 |
| South Africa | 147 | 1:368,556 | 33,364 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Nkalai (11) may also be a first name.
Nkalai Demographics
Average Nkalai Salary in
South Africa
R 157,536
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nkalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkalai occurs most in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkalai? popularity and diffusion
Nkalai is the 370,695th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,520,687 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkalai are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nkalai is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 599 people, or 1 in 3,393. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Mokhotlong District, where 64 percent reside, Butha-Buthe District, where 23 percent reside and Leribe District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Lesotho Nkalai occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 23 percent reside and South Africa, where 15 percent reside.
Nkalai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Nkalai earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.71% less than the national average, earning R 157,536 per year.
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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 Nkalai
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