Nkoenye Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nkoenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkoenye Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nkoenye Last Name Facts

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

Nkoenye is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkoenye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkoenye is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoenye reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 508,140. In Lesotho Nkoenye is most numerous in: Quthing District, where 100 percent live. Besides Lesotho Nkoenye occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkienye8622/
Nkeanyie803/
Nkeugne7125/
Nkeigne712/
Nkouenji673/
Nkeungne672/
Nkeingne671/
Nkeunji573/
Nkeanji571/
Nkuingeei501/

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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 Nkoenye
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