Nkandu Surname

13,319th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,988 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nkandu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkandu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia34,6891:45757
DR Congo7,1971:10,2651,276
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
England111:5,065,278148,650
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Nkandu (3,063) may also be a first name.

Nkandu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkandu has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkandu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkandu is the 13,319th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,563 people. The last name Nkandu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkandu reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 130,415th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 3,063 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 34,689 people, or 1 in 457. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 39 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 26 percent are found and Central Province, where 13 percent are found. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Nkandu Last Name Statistics demography

Nkandu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.05% more than the national average, earning R 415,992 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkandeu9236/
Nkhandu9235/
N'Kandu925/
Nkandau924/
Nkanduj921/
Nkaundu921/
Nkanduu921/
Nk'andu921/
Nqandu8327/
Nkondu835/
Nkamdu831/
Ncandu831/
Ngqandu771,204/
Nkondou7788/
Nkamdeu773/
Nqgandu772/
Ngcandu771/
Nqhandu771/
Nkoundou7134/
Nkeundou711/
Ngqamdu621/

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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 Nkandu
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