Nkeki Surname

314,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nkeki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkeki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0421:170,00310,538
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Lesotho251:81,30210,029
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
England31:18,572,686338,250
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkeki (293) may also be a first name.

Nkeki Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkeki is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkeki? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 314,680th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,108,588 people. The surname Nkeki occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkeki live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkeki is also the 515,650th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 293 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,042 people, or 1 in 170,003. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 45 percent are found, Delta, where 19 percent are found and Edo, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found and Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.

Nkeki Last Name Statistics demography

Nkeki earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.72% less than the national average, earning R 43,452 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nceki802/
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Ngceki733/
Nkhiki733/
Nkokie732/
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Nkakei731/
Nkakoi731/
Nkikio731/
Nkekaa731/
Nkieka731/
Nkakai731/
Nkeket731/
Nkhekhe67143/
Nchekei6714/
Nkgekge679/
Nkeukeu672/
N'Keket671/
Nkqekqa671/
Nkhakhi671/
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Nkhekke671/
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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 Nkeki
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