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 last name Nkuye occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkuye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,348,199th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 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.
Nkuye is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 328,830. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Tabora Region, where 97 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 2 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nkuye
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