Nkwadi Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Nkwadi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwadi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2661:203,67621,747
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Cameroon481:432,68936,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Nkwadi (194) may also be a first name.

Nkwadi Last Name Facts

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

Nkwadi is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwadi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 580,291st most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name Nkwadi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkwadi are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nkwadi is also the 651,944th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 194 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 203,676. In South Africa Nkwadi is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 58 percent are found, Limpopo, where 29 percent are found and North West, where 7 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Botswana, where 9 percent are found.

Nkwadi Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwadi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.32% less than the national average, earning R 115,680 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkweadi921/
Nkwaidi921/
Ncwadi831,288/
Nkuadi83474/
Ngwadi83401/
Nkwada8365/
Nkwedi8328/
Nkwodi8312/
Nqwadi832/
Nkwade831/
Nkgwedi77224/
Ng'wadi77119/
Nkuadio7729/
Nkwaude773/
Nkwuade772/
Ngcwadi771/
Nkwede671,447/
Ngwada671,438/
Nguadi67316/
Ngbadi67261/
Nkwoda67184/
Nkuedi6789/
Ngwedi6722/
Ncwada6721/
Ngwade673/
Ncwade672/
Nqwada671/
Nkwode671/
Ngwodi671/

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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 Nkwadi
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