Nkwani Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Nkwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nkwani (11) may also be a first name.
Nkwani Demographics
Average Nkwani Salary in
South Africa
R 139,740
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nkwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkwani is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,321,499th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwani live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 485,703. In Tanzania Nkwani is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 16 percent live.
Nkwani Last Name Statistics demography
Nkwani earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.2% less than the national average, earning R 139,740 per year.
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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 Nkwani
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