Nkatana Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nkatana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkatana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho361:56,4608,384
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkatana (68) may also be a first name.

Nkatana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkatana is most common in Lesotho. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkatana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,061,309th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Nkatana is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkatana live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 68 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 56,460. In Lesotho Nkatana is most common in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 83 percent are found, Quthing District, where 11 percent are found and Mafeteng District, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 18 percent are found.

Nkatana Last Name Statistics demography

Nkatana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.49% less than the national average, earning R 46,368 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 Nkatana
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