Nkire Surname
Approximately 899 people bear this surname
Nkire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 844 | 1:209,885 | 12,480 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nkire (110) may also be a first name.
Nkire Demographics
Average Nkire Salary in
England
£18,609
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Nkire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkire occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 393,206th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,106,280 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nkire are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkire is also the 895,203rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 110 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 844 people, or 1 in 209,885. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 64 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Nkire occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkiere | 91 | 637 | / |
| Nkaire | 91 | 76 | / |
| Nkeire | 91 | 59 | / |
| Nkireh | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nkirie | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nkireu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkir | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkre | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkajire | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nnkeire | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkayire | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkuyire | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nnkaire | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkere | 80 | 1,908 | / |
| Nkare | 80 | 844 | / |
| Nkiri | 80 | 671 | / |
| Nkira | 80 | 204 | / |
| Nkure | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nkier | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nkieri | 73 | 1,284 | / |
| Nkaira | 73 | 447 | / |
| Nkairi | 73 | 175 | / |
| Nkhere | 73 | 45 | / |
| Nkereh | 73 | 23 | / |
| Nkoure | 73 | 15 | / |
| Ngkira | 73 | 14 | / |
| N'Kere | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nkerie | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nkerre | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkeere | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkuere | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkarey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkurei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkereu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkoira | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkkere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkiris | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkiery | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Kira | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nchire | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkiori | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ncir | 67 | 340 | / |
| Nkouere | 67 | 59 | / |
| Nker | 67 | 36 | / |
| Nkayere | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkoirra | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkoyere | 67 | 4 | / |
| N'Kuere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuhijr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeyere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkoureh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuerey | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Kieri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncquire | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkire
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