Nkomfa Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkomfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkomfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nkomfa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkomfa is most common in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nkomfa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkomfa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkomfa reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa Nkomfa is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 50 percent reside, Gauteng, where 39 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent reside. Beside South Africa Nkomfa is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.

Nkomfa Last Name Statistics demography

Nkomfa earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 270.49% more than the national average, earning R 880,428 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkomfe8371/
Nkonfa8316/
Nkemfa832/
Nkomfi831/
Nqomfa831/
Ngcomfa771/
N'Konfa771/
Nqomfe6726/
Nkonfo6716/
Nqomfi677/
Nkunfa671/
Nkanfa671/
Nkemfo671/
Nkamfeu6211/
Ngqomfo623/
Nkonffo623/
Nkonfoh622/
Ngcomfi621/
Nkanffa621/
Nkemfeu621/
Nkanfe501/

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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 Nkomfa
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