Nkotima Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nkotima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkotima 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
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
England41:13,929,515290,718

Nkotima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkotima is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nkotima.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkotima? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nkotima is the 1,315,412th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkotima live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkotimah931/
N'Koutima887/
Nkutima869/
Nkatima861/
Nkhatimah7510/
Nkgatoima751/
Nkatuma71139/
Nketuma712/
Nkaatuma6734/
N'Katuma674/

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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 Nkotima
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