Nkonyama 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

Nkonyama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkonyama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Nkonyama Last Name Facts

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

Nkonyama occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkonyama? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkonyama is the 4,427,875th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Nkonyama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkonyama reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is most common in: Limpopo, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and Free State, where 6 percent live. Other than South Africa Nkonyama is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.

Nkonyama Last Name Statistics demography

Nkonyama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.12% less than the national average, earning R 30,600 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkanyama8811/
Nkunyama881/
Nkonyame881/
Nconyama881/
N'Kanyama821/
Nkannyamga781/
Nkunjama753/
Nkunyoma751/
Ncunyama751/
Ngcunyama711/
Nkanyome631/
Ngcanjama591/

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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 Nkonyama
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