Nkoenya Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Nkoenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nkoenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkoenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkoenya has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkoenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Nkoenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoenya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkoenya is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 169,380. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Quthing District, where 92 percent live and Berea District, where 8 percent live. Barring Lesotho Nkoenya occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkuenya | 86 | 11 | / |
| Nkienya | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nkeanya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nkounya | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nkeunya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nkyenya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkouegna | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nkienyah | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ngcoenya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nkehanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngkienya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkouengna | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkuenia | 71 | 110 | / |
| Nkeugna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkeigna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkuinya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkeanjia | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nkeingna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkougnia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaainya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkouenjou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nkuigna | 57 | 14 | / |
| Nkuinja | 57 | 3 | / |
| Nkounjo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Nkaunyo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nkuignia | 53 | 10 | / |
| Nkounjou | 53 | 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 Nkoenya
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