Nkanai Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Nkanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 232 | 1:199,051 | 14,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Nkanai (71) may also be a first name.
Nkanai Demographics
Nkanai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nkanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkanai is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkanai? popularity and diffusion
Nkanai is the 1,058,336th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Nkanai is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkanai live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nkanai is also the 1,152,838th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 71 people.
The last name Nkanai is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 199,051. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Narok County, where 51 percent are found, Kericho County, where 29 percent are found and Kisii County, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Nkanai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nkanai
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