Nkrah Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Nkrah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nkrah 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
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406

Nkrah (13) may also be a first name.

Nkrah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkrah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkrah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkrah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkrah is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name globally, borne by 13 people.

The surname Nkrah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Nkrah is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 73 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 18 percent are found and Plateau, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 15 percent are found.

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
Nkra89111/
N'Kra801/
Nkroa801/
Nkro675/
Ncra671/
Nqrea601/
N'Kro601/
Nkrout5516/
Nccrea556/
Nccray554/
N'Krou552/
Nqurho551/
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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 Nkrah
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