Nkanini Surname

440,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkanini Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkanini Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7711:70,2698,764
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nkanini (10) may also be a first name.

Nkanini Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkanini is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkanini? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 440,964th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,391,167 people. The surname Nkanini occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkanini live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 771 people, or 1 in 70,269. In South Africa Nkanini is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 89 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 5 percent live and Gauteng, where 3 percent live. Aside from South Africa Nkanini is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Nkanini Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Nkanini surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Nkanini earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.15% less than the national average, earning R 87,564 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngkanini937/
Nkaninei931/
Ncanini86208/
Nkaneni8620/
Nkonini861/
Nkangeni80182/
Nkanenie804/
Ngcanini801/
Nkanene714/
Nkougnigni712/
Ncaneni711/
Nkanyne711/
Nkenine711/
Ngcaneni671/
Nqangeni671/
Nkanayne671/
Nkenene57160/
Nkonene57151/
Nkeneni5748/
Nkoneni5733/
Nkonyne571/
Nkongeni532/
Nkenenyi531/
Nkonenyi531/
Nkoneeni531/
Nkengenyi501/
Nkonyonyo501/
Nkhongeni501/

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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 Nkanini
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