Nketu Surname
Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname
Nketu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 669 | 1:80,983 | 9,996 |
| Lesotho | 490 | 1:4,148 | 799 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Nketu (258) may also be a first name.
Nketu Demographics
Average Nketu Salary in
South Africa
R 125,052
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nketu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nketu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nketu is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nketu.
How Common Is The Last Name Nketu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 310,170th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,997,980 people. Nketu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nketu reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 554,411th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 258 people.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 669 people, or 1 in 80,983. In South Africa Nketu is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 30 percent are found, Free State, where 28 percent are found and Gauteng, where 24 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 40 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Nketu Last Name Statistics demography
Nketu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.38% less than the national average, earning R 125,052 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkethu | 91 | 14 | / |
| Nketou | 91 | 5 | / |
| Ngketu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nkietu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkqethu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkeutou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkeuteu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkatu | 80 | 564 | / |
| Nkitu | 80 | 122 | / |
| Nkotu | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nqetu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ncetu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nkhatu | 73 | 115 | / |
| Nkathu | 73 | 44 | / |
| Nkatau | 73 | 22 | / |
| Nchetu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nkatou | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nkaatu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nqethu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nkoteu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkoitu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkohtu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkotuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkotou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkhatau | 67 | 24 | / |
| Nkhathu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nchetou | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ncheteu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngqethu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkhothu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkattou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkotheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuiteu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkatouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncatu | 60 | 9 | / |
| Nqatu | 60 | 9 | / |
| Ncotu | 60 | 3 | / |
| Nchitu | 55 | 242 | / |
| Ngcatu | 55 | 116 | / |
| Ngqatu | 55 | 2 | / |
| Nqathu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nchituh | 50 | 16 | / |
| Ngcathu | 50 | 11 | / |
| Ngqathu | 50 | 8 | / |
| Nchitou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nketu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis