Nkuleya Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nkuleya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkuleya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nkuleya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkuleya occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkuleya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuleya are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Beside Malawi this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkuley921/
Nkoleya861/
Nkuleye861/
Nkouleye801/
Nkulluya801/
Nkulie775/
Nkuleu771/
Nkulye771/
Nkoley771/
Nkulei771/
Nkuliye71295/
Nkulu'a7134/
Nkeuleu713/
Nkulawe712/
Nculaya712/
Nkuluja711/
Nkoleye711/
Nkhulawe67159/
Nccauley678/
Ncgauley673/

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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 Nkuleya
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