Nkwai Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Nkwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 197 | 1:105,427 | 12,381 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nkwai (25) may also be a first name.
Nkwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkwai occurs most in Cameroon. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,189,614th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. Nkwai occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwai reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nkwai is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 105,427. In Cameroon Nkwai is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent live, Southwest Region, where 17 percent live and Littoral Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nkwai
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