Nkundwe Surname
Approximately 713 people bear this surname
Nkundwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 379 | 1:41,820 | 4,107 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
Nkundwe (738) may also be a first name.
Nkundwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkundwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkundwe is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkundwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nkundwe is the 470,770th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 10,220,962 people. Nkundwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkundwe are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 302,944th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 738 people.
The last name Nkundwe is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 379 people, or 1 in 41,820. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 93 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Zambia Nkundwe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 percent reside.
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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
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