Nkalanga Surname

115,777th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,986 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Nkalanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkalanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,4561:15,6761,985
Tanzania2101:252,10320,382
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Swaziland1011:12,853583
Botswana721:30,3746,067
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nkalanga (15) may also be a first name.

Nkalanga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkalanga is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkalanga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 115,777th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,828,285 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkalanga are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nkalanga is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 15 people.

The surname Nkalanga is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 3,456 people, or 1 in 15,676. In South Africa Nkalanga is most numerous in: Mpumalanga, where 84 percent live, Gauteng, where 9 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Outside of South Africa it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Nkalanga Last Name Statistics demography

Nkalanga earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.92% less than the national average, earning R 138,012 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 Nkalanga
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