Nkoru Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nkoru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Nkoru (12) may also be a first name.
Nkoru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkoru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkoru occurs most in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkoru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkoru live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nkoru is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Nkoru is most frequent in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 80 percent are found and Meru County, where 20 percent are found. Barring Kenya it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 44 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngkoru | 91 | 7 | / |
| Nkooru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkuoru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkourou | 83 | 52 | / |
| N'Korou | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ngkorou | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkeru | 80 | 1,218 | / |
| Nkaru | 80 | 781 | / |
| Nkuru | 80 | 442 | / |
| Ngkuru | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nkgaru | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nkharu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nkeeru | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nkarou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkhuru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkereu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkaaru | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkurup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngkarui | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nkurupp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkaruha | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Koroe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncuru | 60 | 132 | / |
| Ncauru | 55 | 4 | / |
| Ngcuru | 55 | 4 | / |
| Ngqeru | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nkaroe | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ngquaru | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkoru
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis