Nkwaba Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkwaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Nkwaba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkwaba is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwaba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwaba reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nkwaba is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 70 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent reside. Barring South Africa Nkwaba exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 40 percent reside and Tanzania, where 12 percent reside.

Nkwaba Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwaba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.33% less than the national average, earning R 72,876 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nkwabi8314,735/
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Nkweba83288/
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Nkwabo8311/
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Ngcwaba7732/
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Nkwabho7710/
Ngqwaba776/
Ngwabay773/
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Nkgwabi772/
Nkwabou772/
Nkwampa771/
Nqcwaba771/
Nkuabaa771/
Nkwanpa771/
Nkwabeu771/
Nkwabei771/
Nkwabeh771/
Ngwabaya7127/
Ngwuabah711/
Ngwabi672,488/
Ngwabe671,748/
Ngbaba67431/
Nkuabi6763/
Ngweba6758/
Ngwabo6754/
Nguaba6732/
Nkwebo6725/
Nqweba6715/
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Ncwabi675/
Nqwabe671/
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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 Nkwaba
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