Nkamela Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkamela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkamela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2441:222,04023,223
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581

Nkamela Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Nkamela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,009,375th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname Nkamela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkamela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 222,040. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 24 percent live and North West, where 8 percent live. Other than South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Nkamela Last Name Statistics demography

Nkamela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.38% less than the national average, earning R 82,260 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
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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 Nkamela
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