Nketiah Surname

48,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,710 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Nketiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nketiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana10,4601:2,583414
United States851:4,264,223227,504
England731:763,26141,903
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Nketiah (846) may also be a first name.

Nketiah Last Name Facts

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

Nketiah occurs most in Ghana. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nketiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nketiah is the 48,201st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 680,443 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nketiah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nketiah is also the 280,396th most common first name globally, held by 846 people.

The surname Nketiah is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 10,460 people, or 1 in 2,583. Excluding Ghana this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Nketiah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nketiah last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nketiah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.2% more than the national average, earning R 368,808 per year; in United States they earn 13.56% more than the national average, earning $49,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.59% more than the national average, earning $50,972 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Ketiah939/
Nketia9213,926/
Nkeutia8612/
Nkatiah862/
Nkehtia861/
N'Ketia861/
N'Kétiah801/
Nkatia7741/
Nketja774/
Nkitia772/
Nketea771/
Nkotia771/
Nkeutio712/
Nkatija711/
Nkhatia711/
Nkatayia674/
Nkotuyia671/
Nkotya6298/
Nkatio6216/
Nkitio621/
Nkateyio531/

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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 Nketiah
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