Nkomane Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nkomane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkomane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4771:113,58013,626
Cameroon721:288,45927,220
Lesotho271:75,2809,683
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nkomane (92) may also be a first name.

Nkomane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkomane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkomane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 550,571st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkomane reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 92 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 113,580. In South Africa Nkomane is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, Limpopo, where 16 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 13 percent are found. Beside South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and Lesotho, where 5 percent are found.

Nkomane Last Name Statistics demography

Nkomane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.13% less than the national average, earning R 94,752 per year.

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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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  • 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 Nkomane
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