Nkanau Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Nkanau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nkanau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkanau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkanau is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nkanau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkanau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nkanau live; 33 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 46,179,900. In Kenya Nkanau is primarily found in: Kajiado County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and Zambia, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Nkanau
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