Nkowa Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Nkowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkowa (17) may also be a first name.
Nkowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkowa is found most in The DR Congo. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 935,326th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. Nkowa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkowa reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name Nkowa is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkowua | 91 | 366 | / |
| Nkgowa | 91 | 62 | / |
| Nkojwa | 91 | 20 | / |
| Nkouwa | 91 | 20 | / |
| Nkoowa | 91 | 15 | / |
| Nkoswa | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nkowea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkhowa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nekowa | 91 | 1 | / |
| N'Kowa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkowah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkohwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkow | 89 | 49 | / |
| Nkhoswa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nkouwaa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkabowa | 83 | 1 | / |
| N'Kouwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngowa | 80 | 7,411 | / |
| Nkawa | 80 | 408 | / |
| Nkova | 80 | 209 | / |
| Nkowo | 80 | 67 | / |
| Nxowa | 80 | 51 | / |
| Ncowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nqowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkaf'owa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nikova | 73 | 2,619 | / |
| Nekova | 73 | 156 | / |
| Nykova | 73 | 134 | / |
| Ngcowa | 73 | 97 | / |
| Nggowa | 73 | 33 | / |
| Nkosua | 73 | 27 | / |
| Nkooba | 73 | 25 | / |
| Nxhowa | 73 | 23 | / |
| N'Kawa | 73 | 22 | / |
| Nkaawa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkowoh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkawah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkhawa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkkoba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngkoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nngowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngqowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nigowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkhowo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkouwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkeuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkawas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neykova | 67 | 2,068 | / |
| Naykova | 67 | 381 | / |
| Neikova | 67 | 175 | / |
| Noykova | 67 | 97 | / |
| Nejkova | 67 | 51 | / |
| Nkaw | 67 | 31 | / |
| Nojkova | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nekhova | 67 | 20 | / |
| Naikova | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nuykova | 67 | 17 | / |
| Noikova | 67 | 15 | / |
| Najkova | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nkov | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nikhova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hnykova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ncow | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hnikova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nickova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngkouwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkowoch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkav | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuikova | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Ckoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkohwoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngkawea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnikova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkachwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkouwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkawuha | 67 | 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
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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 Nkowa
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