Nkoonye Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nkoonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkoonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1001:461,79924,210

Nkoonye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkoonye is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkoonye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,849,867th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoonye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Nkoonye is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 461,799. In Kenya Nkoonye is most numerous in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent live and Makueni County, where 1 percent live.

Nkoonye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkonye92289/
Nkoonge8612/
Ngkonye861/
Nkonyuie801/
Nkonge7711,066/
Nkonje77240/
Nkanye77119/
Nkonoe777/
Nkonie777/
Nkogne772/
Nkonoy771/
Nkonea771/
Nkaniye71216/
Nkhanye7113/
Nkhonje715/
Nkamnye715/
Nkanyie712/
Nkonoya712/
N'Konge711/
Nkanyez711/
Nkongeh711/
Nkomnje711/
Nkonyoyo6710/
Nkongoje671/
Nkhonjer671/

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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 Nkoonye
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