Nkhana Surname
Approximately 2,561 people bear this surname
Nkhana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,536 | 1:6,750 | 973 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nkhana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkhana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkhana is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkhana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 168,686th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,845,586 people. The surname Nkhana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkhana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 2,536 people, or 1 in 6,750. Beside Malawi Nkhana exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 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
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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 Nkhana
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