Nkuye Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Nkuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 161 | 1:328,830 | 24,745 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nkuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkuye is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkuye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkuye is the 1,348,199th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. Nkuye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuye reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 328,830. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tabora Region, where 97 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 2 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nkuye
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