Nkane Surname
Approximately 3,118 people bear this surname
Nkane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,681 | 1:31,494 | 3,723 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Botswana | 336 | 1:6,509 | 1,087 |
| South Africa | 322 | 1:168,254 | 18,737 |
| Cameroon | 182 | 1:114,116 | 13,201 |
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Lesotho | 88 | 1:23,097 | 4,696 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nkane (435) may also be a first name.
Nkane Demographics
Average Nkane Salary in
South Africa
R 104,856
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nkane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkane is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 142,669th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,337,250 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkane live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 411,176th most frequent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 435 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,681 people, or 1 in 31,494. In Tanzania Nkane is most common in: Lindi Region, where 68 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Nkane is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 12 percent live and Botswana, where 11 percent live.
Nkane Last Name Statistics demography
Nkane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.88% less than the national average, earning R 104,856 per year.
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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 Nkane
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