Nkanyani Surname

186,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,269 people bear this surname

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

Nkanyani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkanyani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,2631:23,9413,041
England41:13,929,515290,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkanyani Last Name Facts

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

Nkanyani is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkanyani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 186,601st most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,211,788 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkanyani are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Nkanyani is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 2,263 people, or 1 in 23,941. In South Africa Nkanyani is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 62 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Nkanyani Last Name Statistics demography

Nkanyani earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.42% less than the national average, earning R 186,732 per year.

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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 Nkanyani
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