Nkanu Surname
Approximately 10,064 people bear this surname
Nkanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 5,616 | 1:13,155 | 1,646 |
| Nigeria | 4,378 | 1:40,462 | 3,220 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nkanu (1,546) may also be a first name.
Nkanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkanu is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 50,959th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 724,120 people. Nkanu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkanu live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nkanu is also the 197,157th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 1,546 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 5,616 people, or 1 in 13,155. Other than The DR Congo Nkanu exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 44 percent reside and Angola, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkangu | 91 | 1,432 | / |
| N'Kanu | 91 | 301 | / |
| Nkanou | 91 | 173 | / |
| Nkhanu | 91 | 131 | / |
| Nkanus | 91 | 12 | / |
| Nkanau | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nnkanu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nkannu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkanuu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkangou | 83 | 220 | / |
| Nkhangu | 83 | 5 | / |
| N'Kangu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nkeangu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nnkangu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngkanuu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkanhou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkamnui | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkagneu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngkanou | 83 | 1 | / |
| N'Kanou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkanudt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkonu | 80 | 766 | / |
| Nkenu | 80 | 163 | / |
| N'Kangou | 77 | 9 | / |
| Nkangnou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkongu | 73 | 237 | / |
| Ngkonu | 73 | 46 | / |
| Nkonou | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ncangu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ngcanu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ngqanu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkohnu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkenou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkeneu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkonnu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkounou | 67 | 680 | / |
| N'Konou | 67 | 46 | / |
| Nkuinou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngcangu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngkonau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkongou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkoinou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeunou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkonguh | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Kongu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkoungu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkanu
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