Nkobwa Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Nkobwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkobwa (64) may also be a first name.
Nkobwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkobwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkobwa is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkobwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 783,439th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkobwa live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nkobwa is also the 1,223,525th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 64 people.
The surname Nkobwa is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 216,022. Beside The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkoobwa | 92 | 3 | / |
| N'Kobwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkobua | 83 | 27 | / |
| Nkobwe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Nkubwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkopwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkobba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkebwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkhobwe | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nkahabwa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nkepwa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nkabwe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nkubua | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nkapwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nkabua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkebua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkabba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkobbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeepwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nkubbi | 50 | 2 | / |
| Nkopue | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nkuvua | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nkabui | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nkabbe | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nkupwo | 50 | 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 Nkobwa
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