Nkolwa Surname
Approximately 486 people bear this surname
Nkolwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 351 | 1:111,223 | 10,837 |
| Tanzania | 77 | 1:687,553 | 39,898 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nkolwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkolwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkolwa is found most in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nkolwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkolwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 629,292nd most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,994,950 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkolwa reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 351 people, or 1 in 111,223. In Uganda Nkolwa is mostly found in: Kaliro District, where 39 percent live, Namutumba District, where 17 percent live and Kibuku District, where 9 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Nkolwa
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