Nkende Surname
Approximately 1,328 people bear this surname
Nkende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 775 | 1:68,312 | 7,203 |
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nkende (173) may also be a first name.
Nkende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkende is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkende? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 288,746th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,487,610 people. The surname Nkende is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkende are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 173 people.
The last name Nkende is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 775 people, or 1 in 68,312. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Shinyanga Region, where 30 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 25 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 23 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkendje | 92 | 38 | / |
| Nkiende | 92 | 27 | / |
| Nkoende | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkiendeh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkenda | 83 | 4,456 | / |
| Nkendi | 83 | 72 | / |
| Nkinde | 83 | 45 | / |
| Nkendy | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ncende | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkemde | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nchende | 77 | 23 | / |
| Ngkinde | 77 | 15 | / |
| N'Kenda | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nkiendi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngqende | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngcende | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkyonde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkuunde | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkinder | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkuendi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkemdje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nchendeh | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nkinda | 67 | 10,272 | / |
| Nkindi | 67 | 398 | / |
| Nkindj | 67 | 260 | / |
| Nqunde | 67 | 129 | / |
| Nqinde | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ncinde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkindy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nchinde | 62 | 145 | / |
| Nkuindi | 62 | 27 | / |
| Nkengyi | 62 | 10 | / |
| Ngqunde | 62 | 9 | / |
| Ngcendi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nkinndi | 62 | 1 | / |
| N'Kinda | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nchindeh | 57 | 4 | / |
| Ncnda | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ncindi | 50 | 251 | / |
| Nqindi | 50 | 208 | / |
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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 Nkende
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