Nkra Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkra 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
Nigeria571:3,107,76895,628
Cameroon531:391,86933,952
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nkra Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkra has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkra? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkra are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria Nkra is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 75 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Nkra occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 48 percent live and Thailand, where 1 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
Nkrah8926/
Nkroa891/
N'Kra891/
Nkry755/
Nkro755/
Nkri754/
Nkrj751/
Ncra751/
Nkre751/
Nkrie673/
N'Kro671/
Nqrea671/
Nkrout6016/
Nccrea606/
Nccray604/
N'Krou602/
N'Krio601/
Ncro503/
Nqrj503/
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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 Nkra
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