Nkanatha Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nkanatha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkanatha 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
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkanatha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkanatha occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkanatha? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Nkanatha occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Nkanatha reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 6,597,129. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nyeri County, where 57 percent live, Laikipia County, where 14 percent live and Meru County, where 14 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live.

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
Nkanata93214/
Ngkanata883/
Ncangatha821/
Ngcangatha7812/
Ncangata757/
Nqanathi754/
Nkanaute751/
Ngcangata7134/
N'Kounatta676/
Nkangote631/
Ncangothi591/
Ncaneta533/
Nkonoti531/
Nkongoto505/
Nkongote501/
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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 Nkanatha
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