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
Nkende is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkende? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 288,746th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,487,610 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkende live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nkende is also the 694,534th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 173 people.
Nkende is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 775 people, or 1 in 68,312. In Tanzania Nkende is mostly found in: Shinyanga Region, where 30 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 25 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 23 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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
- 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 Nkende
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