Nkhaya Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Nkhaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nkhaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkhaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkhaya occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkhaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkhaya is the 809,613th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. Nkhaya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkhaya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Nkhaya is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Not including Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nkhaya
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