Nkeiru Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Nkeiru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkeiru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1011:1,753,88963,997
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkeiru (7,057) may also be a first name.

Nkeiru Last Name Facts

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

Nkeiru has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkeiru? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nkeiru is the 1,775,494th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nkeiru live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 77,152nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 7,057 people.

The last name Nkeiru is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkeru911,218/
Nkiru91398/
Nkairu8310/
Nkieru837/
Nkeeru834/
Nkireu831/
Nkgeru831/
Nkereu831/
Nkereue776/
Nkaru73781/
Nkyru731/
Nciru731/
Nkharu677/
Nkgaru677/
Ngqeru671/
Nchiru671/
Nkarou671/
Nkaaru671/
Nkourou6252/
Ngkarui626/
Nkaruha621/
Nchiruu621/
Ncauru504/
Nkaroe501/

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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 Nkeiru
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