Nkulula Surname

543,414th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 590 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nkulula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkulula Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3071:172,44815,102
DR Congo2801:263,85624,810
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nkulula (37) may also be a first name.

Nkulula Last Name Facts

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

Nkulula is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkulula? popularity and diffusion

Nkulula is the 543,414th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,351,773 people. The last name Nkulula occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkulula reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nkulula is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 37 people.

The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 172,448. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 68 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 30 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 47 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Kulula931/
Nkauluela881/
Nkulila86176/
Nkululo862/
Ngkululi805/
Nkiloula801/
Nkolola712,632/
Nkilila7111/
Nkulilei671/
Nkolulou671/
Nkoulolo671/
Nkololo572,686/
N'Kololo531/
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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 Nkulula
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