Nkano Surname
Approximately 575 people bear this surname
Nkano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 246 | 1:215,210 | 18,004 |
| Cameroon | 180 | 1:115,384 | 13,316 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Nkano (42) may also be a first name.
Nkano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkano is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkano? popularity and diffusion
It is the 554,308th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,673,993 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkano are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 42 people.
Nkano is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 215,210. In Tanzania Nkano is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 99 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
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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 Nkano
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