Nkilima Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Nkilima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 305 | 1:173,579 | 15,177 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nkilima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkilima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkilima occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nkilima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkilima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 881,213th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname Nkilima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkilima live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 173,579. In Tanzania Nkilima is mostly found in: Ruvuma Region, where 94 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live and Tabora Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, 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 Nkilima
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