Nkhwekwe Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Nkhwekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Nkhwekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkhwekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkhwekwe occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkhwekwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkhwekwe is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Nkhwekwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkhwekwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 3,169,984. In Zambia Nkhwekwe is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 40 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 17 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 Nkhwekwe
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