Nkruma Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ghana

Nkruma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkruma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkruma (19) may also be a first name.

Nkruma Last Name Facts

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

Nkruma is most common in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nkruma.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkruma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,944,094th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Nkruma reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkruma is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held given name in the world, held by 19 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 36 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 36 percent reside and District of Columbia, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Ghana, where 20 percent reside.

Nkruma Last Name Statistics demography

Nkruma earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $42,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkrumah9260,852/
N'Kruma9212/
Nkrumma921/
N'Krumah8629/
N'Krouma862/
Nkreumah861/
Nkroma839/
Nkrume831/
Nkrumeh772/
N'Kroma772/
Nkromey621/
Nkroumetsch591/

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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 Nkruma
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