Nkuke Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nkuke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkuke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1181:330,84122,179
South Africa991:547,25043,124
Lesotho881:23,0974,696
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkuke (136) may also be a first name.

Nkuke Last Name Facts

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

Nkuke is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkuke? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nkuke is the 872,430th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuke live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nkuke is also the 794,286th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 136 people.

Nkuke is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 330,841. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Masaka District, where 19 percent reside, Lwengo District, where 17 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 16 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 32 percent reside and Lesotho, where 28 percent reside.

Nkuke Last Name Statistics demography

Nkuke earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.96% less than the national average, earning R 92,772 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nkouka7320,296/
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Nkok671,256/
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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 Nkuke
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