Nkhwa Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Nkhwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 507 | 1:4,313 | 638 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nkhwa (109) may also be a first name.
Nkhwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkhwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkhwa is found most frequently in Botswana. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkhwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 604,614th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkhwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 109 people.
The last name is most frequent in Botswana, where it is held by 507 people, or 1 in 4,313. Other than Botswana Nkhwa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nkhwa
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