Nkangala Surname

349,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nkangala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkangala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7321:23,3873,582
Tanzania1721:307,80023,568
South Africa691:785,18453,751
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Congo81:623,63715,053
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkangala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkangala is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nkangala.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkangala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 349,967th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,987,101 people. The surname Nkangala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkangala live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Apart from Malawi it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.

Nkangala Last Name Statistics demography

Nkangala earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.81% more than the national average, earning R 346,500 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkhangala943/
Nkanala931/
Nkangali889/
Ncangala882/
Nkangela882/
Nkangale882/
Nkangola881/
Ngqangala8246/
Nkangaali823/
Ncagala802/
Nqagala801/
Nqanala801/
Nkogala801/
Nkongola75200/
Nkangolo7523/
Nkongela752/
Ncangela751/
Ngcagala751/
Nkangole751/
Nkongalo751/
Nkonola671/
Nkoungalou671/

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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 Nkangala
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