Nkiwe Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Nkiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nkiwe (14) may also be a first name.
Nkiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkiwe occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nkiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Nkiwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkiwe live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.
The surname Nkiwe is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkuwe | 80 | 67 | / |
| Nkewe | 80 | 46 | / |
| Nkawe | 80 | 45 | / |
| Nkiwa | 80 | 44 | / |
| Nqiwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkiwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkijijwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkuuwe | 73 | 52 | / |
| Nkaiwa | 73 | 45 | / |
| N'Kewe | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ngkawe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nchiwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Kawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkiewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkewep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkeibeh | 67 | 18 | / |
| N'Kouwe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nkew | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkewehe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkeiywa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngkawea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaiwih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaweah | 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
- 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 Nkiwe
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