Nkuliye Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nkuliye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkuliye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2681:197,54316,901
Uganda261:1,501,51154,973
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Nkuliye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkuliye is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nkuliye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkuliye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 904,049th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuliye are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 197,543. In Tanzania Nkuliye is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 78 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent reside and Rwanda, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkulie925/
Nkulye921/
Nkiliye86185/
Nkuleye861/
Nkouleye801/
Nkului774/
Nkulei771/
Nkuley771/
Nkuleu771/
Nkulayije751/
Nkuleya7110/
Nkeuleu713/
Nkulawe712/
Nkiliyo711/
Nkuluji711/
Nkuliji711/
Nkoleye711/
Nkhulawe67159/
Nkholiyo671/
Nkulluya671/

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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 Nkuliye
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