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
The surname Nkoenya is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkoenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoenya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkoenya is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 169,380. In Lesotho it is most common in: Quthing District, where 92 percent live and Berea District, where 8 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It also occurs 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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