Nkukwe Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nkukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
England41:13,929,515290,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkukwe Last Name Facts

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

Nkukwe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nkukwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkukwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Nkukwe are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Nkukwe is most numerous in: Arusha Region, where 17 percent are found, Katavi Region, where 17 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkugwe83215/
Nkokwe83124/
Nkukwa832/
Nkhokwe77849/
Nkhukwa774/
Nkuikwa772/
Nkoungwe711/
Nkugwa671,553/
Nkogue67228/
Nkokwa6775/
Ncukwa671/
Nkogwe671/
Nkucwa671/
Nkougue62109/
Nkuggwa6297/
Nkuigwa6262/
Nkougwa6210/
Nkikwai629/
Ngcokwe622/
Nkokwai621/
Ncungwe621/
Nkuigue621/
Nkuekui621/
Nkuegue621/
Nkungwi621/
Nkougoue574/
Nkoungue572/
Nkeungue572/
Nkoughoue531/
Nkogwa501/

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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 Nkukwe
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