Nkuruma Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nkuruma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkuruma 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
Kenya2871:160,90612,601
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Nkuruma Demographics

Nkuruma Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 7 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Nkuruma Last Name Facts

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

Nkuruma occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkuruma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 841,044th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuruma are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Nkuruma is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 160,906. In Kenya Nkuruma is primarily found in: Narok County, where 97 percent live, Kajiado County, where 1 percent live and Bomet County, where 0 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Nkuruma Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Nkurumah9327/
Nkhuruma931/
Nkurruma931/
Nkurumaha881/
Nkurume8673/
Nkurumi8621/
Nkurumo865/
Nkuroma861/
Nkurumeh8080/
Nkurumhe802/
Nkoroma7131/
N'Koroma678/
Nkoromo5715/
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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 Nkuruma
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