Nkwah Surname

663,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4161:49,9266,536
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210

Nkwah (39) may also be a first name.

Nkwah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkwah is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 663,740th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nkwah are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nkwah is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 39 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 49,926. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 27 percent reside and Centre Region, where 10 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Nkwah Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.28% more than the national average, earning $46,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkwash9121/
Nkwaha914/
Nkwa893,544/
Nkwaach834/
Nkwuaha831/
Ngwah80748/
Nkwai80199/
Nkwoh8088/
Nkwaj8056/
Nkwua8036/
Nkwaa8024/
Nkwas8022/
Nkwad806/
Nkwea803/
Nkway802/
Nkwoa801/
Ngwaah7350/
Ngwaha7322/
Nkwuoh7310/
Ngwahu7310/
Nenkwa736/
Nqukwa736/
Ngweah732/
Nkwhoa732/
Nngwah731/
Nkwass731/
Nkwa'a731/
Ngwaih731/
Ngwahe731/
Ngwach731/
Ngwath731/
Ngwa6727,338/
Nkwo674,960/
Nkua67333/
Nqwa67319/
Ningwah6714/
Ng'wahu674/
Ncwa671/
Nkwuoha671/
Ningkwa671/
Nkcwoha671/

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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 Nkwah
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