Nkemwa Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Nkemwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 92 | 1:575,452 | 36,554 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Nkemwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkemwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkemwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkemwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,918,812th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Nkemwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkemwa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Nkemwa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 575,452. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Nkemwa
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