Nkwaje Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Nkwaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 426 | 1:124,276 | 11,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nkwaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkwaje is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 692,305th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwaje are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 426 people, or 1 in 124,276. In Tanzania Nkwaje is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 42 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 30 percent live and Kagera Region, where 28 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 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 Nkwaje
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