Nkuah Surname

167,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Nkuah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkuah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2,5631:10,5431,407
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nkuah Last Name Facts

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

Nkuah is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkuah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkuah is the 167,491st most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,822,442 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nkuah is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,543. Barring Ghana Nkuah occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkouah9118/
Nkouaha8314/
N'Kouah832/
Nkouaah831/
Nkoua8012,918/
Nkuoh80115/
Nkuha806/
N'Koua73273/
Nkouoh73122/
Nkuyia7380/
Nkuiya7324/
Nkeuho7310/
Ngkuha735/
Nkouai734/
Nkouha733/
Nkuuha732/
Nkauha731/
Nkouad731/
Nkuija731/
Nkouaa731/
Nkouhou679/
Nkeuheu672/
Nkouheu671/
Nkouo60829/
Ncoua601/
Ncuha601/
Nkhooa55412/
Nkouou553/
Nkouos552/
Nkooha552/
Nkouot551/
N'Kouo551/
Nkou'ou50100/
Nkuijeu501/
N'Kouot501/

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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 Nkuah
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