Nkamala Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkamala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkamala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Nkamala (58) may also be a first name.

Nkamala Last Name Facts

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

Nkamala is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nkamala.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkamala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkamala reside; 60 percent reside in Central Africa and 60 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nkamala is also the 1,295,729th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 58 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent live and Southwest Region, where 33 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 40 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
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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 Nkamala
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