Nkanama Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Nkanama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkanama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nkanama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkanama occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nkanama.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkanama? popularity and diffusion

Nkanama is the 2,555,468th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkanama live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Other than The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkangama935/
Nkaingama881/
Nkonama865/
Nkanamo864/
Ncanama861/
Nkanema861/
Nkanami861/
Nkanamou801/
Nkongama801/
Nkonamo714/
Nkenema711/
Nkanome711/
Nkangomi674/
Ngcongama636/
Nkounouma631/
Nkonomo5748/
Nkenemo5731/
Nqonoma577/
Nkenemoh532/
Ncongoma531/
Nkonoumi531/
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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 Nkanama
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