Nkiru Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkiru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkiru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3351:528,78426,031
Tanzania411:1,291,25946,697
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Nkiru (33,280) may also be a first name.

Nkiru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nkiru Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nkiru is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nkiru.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkiru? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 728,955th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. The last name Nkiru is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nkiru reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 25,700th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 33,280 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 528,784. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 15 percent live, Enugu, where 13 percent live and Abia, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria Nkiru is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 10 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Nkiru Last Name Statistics demography

Nkiru earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkeiru91107/
Nkairu9110/
Nkieru917/
Nkireu911/
Nkeru801,218/
Nkuru80442/
Nciru801/
Nkyru801/
Ngkuru7311/
Nkeeru734/
Nkhuru731/
Nchiru731/
Nkgeru731/
Nkereu731/
Nkereue676/
Nchiruu671/
Ncuru60132/
Ngcuru554/
Ngqeru551/

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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 Nkiru
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