Nkeche Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Nkeche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nkeche (77) may also be a first name.
Nkeche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkeche Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkeche is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkeche? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkeche are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 77 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 156,351. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Mafeteng District, where 46 percent reside, Maseru District, where 38 percent reside and Berea District, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 39 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkheche | 92 | 151 | / |
| Nkecheu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkech | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nkece | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkeucheu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nkechi | 83 | 1,415 | / |
| Nkache | 83 | 29 | / |
| Nkecha | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkoche | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nketch | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkehze | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkyche | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nceche | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ncheche | 77 | 579 | / |
| Nketshe | 77 | 199 | / |
| Nkhache | 77 | 39 | / |
| Nkeechi | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nkicheu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ngceche | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nkuiche | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nnkechi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nkeichi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkhiche | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkachie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nketchi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkhecha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkechih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkehzeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkechhi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nckechi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkeze | 73 | 853 | / |
| Nchez | 73 | 25 | / |
| Nkeac | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nkich | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nkuitche | 71 | 53 | / |
| Nkuicheu | 71 | 30 | / |
| Ncheeche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nchechey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkochi | 67 | 133 | / |
| Nqache | 67 | 122 | / |
| Nkachi | 67 | 103 | / |
| Nkezea | 67 | 40 | / |
| Nketse | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nkuitchet | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkezih | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkezhi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nkichi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkejje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkicha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkieze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkejih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeejh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nciche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncache | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncheze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkezie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nketchaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeaze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkecoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkigeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nketsh | 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
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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 Nkeche
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