Nkanika Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Nkanika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkanika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda491:231,9381,267
Uganda431:907,89040,955
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkanika Last Name Facts

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

Nkanika is found most frequently in Rwanda. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nkanika.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkanika? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. Nkanika occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nkanika reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Nkanika is most frequently occurring in Rwanda, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 231,938. Outside of Rwanda it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 28 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkanaika931/
Nkanuka8655/
Nkonika8612/
Nkanike861/
Nkuinika801/
Nkenuka714/
Nkoneka711/
Nkonuka711/
Nkeniko711/
Nkonyoka674/
Nkognike671/
Nkoeneka671/
Nkoneke5721/
Nkonjko571/
Ngqaneke531/

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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 Nkanika
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