Nkempu Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Finland

Nkempu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkempu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkempu (41) may also be a first name.

Nkempu Last Name Facts

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

Nkempu is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nkempu.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkempu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkempu is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Nkempu occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Nkempu are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 41 people.

The last name Nkempu is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Nkempu is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Nkempu exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Finland, where 10 percent reside.

Nkempu Last Name Statistics demography

Nkempu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.13% less than the national average, earning R 37,716 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkampu832/
Nkompeu771/
Nkebu731/
Nkebou6728/
Nkiebu674/
Nkibeu672/
Nkanpeu621/
Nkhebui621/
Nqevu55269/
Nkibu552/
Ncebu551/
Nkoivu5015/
Nkaivu509/
Nkibou505/
Ngcebu502/
Nkaibu501/
Ngqevu501/
Nchebu501/

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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 Nkempu
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