Nkeza Surname

601,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nkeza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkeza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3291:160,91714,365
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Cameroon841:247,25124,294
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Nkeza (13) may also be a first name.

Nkeza Last Name Facts

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

Nkeza is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkeza? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkeza is the 601,015th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkeza reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 329 people, or 1 in 160,917. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkezea9140/
Nkieza9134/
Nkezah913/
Nkezza912/
Nkeeza912/
Nkezia912/
Nkeiza912/
Nkheza911/
N'Keza911/
Nkeze80853/
Nkesa80281/
Nkezi80238/
Nkaza80173/
Nkoza8051/
Nqeza8029/
Nceza8026/
Nkezo8023/
Nkiza8021/
Nkeja802/
Ngqeza73681/
Nkiesa73576/
Ngceza73419/
Nketsa73100/
Nkcaza7395/
Nkqezo7338/
Nkazah7337/
Nkesah7331/
Nkeasi7327/
Nkezih7310/
Nkeija7310/
Nkhoza7310/
Nkezhi737/
Nkejah737/
Ncqeza736/
Nkoesa736/
Ngkesa736/
Nkiezi734/
Nketja734/
Nkeasa733/
Nkgezo733/
Ngkeja733/
Nkecha733/
N'Kaza732/
Nkedja732/
Nkieze732/
Nkaiza731/
Ngkoza731/
Ngkaza731/
Nkqoza731/
Nkezie731/
Nkeage731/
Nqgeza731/
Nqueza731/
Ncheza731/
Nkeisa731/
Nkezet731/
Nkhaza731/
Nkeaze731/
Nkecoa731/
Nkeesa731/
Nkosea731/
Nkcoza731/
Nkease731/
Nketsia671,477/
Nkhoesa67683/
Nketcha67211/
Nketsha673/
Nnkezie673/
Nkhecha671/
Nkeuzoh671/
Nkeutsa671/
Nketsah671/
Ngkedja671/
Nkeedzi671/
Nkehzeh671/

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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 Nkeza
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