Nkeni Surname
Approximately 870 people bear this surname
Nkeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 691 | 1:106,917 | 11,858 |
| Cameroon | 154 | 1:134,864 | 15,121 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Nkeni (35) may also be a first name.
Nkeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkeni occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nkeni.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkeni? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 403,243rd most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,376,490 people. Nkeni is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkeni reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nkeni is also the 1,744,716th most numerous forename on earth, held by 35 people.
The surname Nkeni is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 691 people, or 1 in 106,917. Aside from The DR Congo Nkeni is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, 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 Nkeni
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