Nkonkesha Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nkonkesha Surname Definition:

Nkonkesha is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: follow me closely.

Nkonkesha 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
Zambia961:165,10311,556
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nkonkesha Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Nkonkesha is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: follow me closely.

— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
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Nkonkesha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkonkesha has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkonkesha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,882,912th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Nkonkesha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkonkesha live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 165,103. In Zambia Nkonkesha is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 97 percent live and Central Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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
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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 Nkonkesha
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