Nkwankwa Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkwankwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwankwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nkwankwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkwankwa occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwankwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkwankwa is the 3,141,416th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwankwa live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 42 percent live, Western Cape, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 25 percent live. Beside South Africa Nkwankwa occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Nkwankwa Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwankwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.67% less than the national average, earning R 159,996 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkwankwo88192/
Nkwangwa8820/
Ngwankwa882/
Nkhwangwa821,078/
Nkwaingwa821/
Ngwangwa751,700/
Ngwankwe7553/
Nkwonkwo755/
Nqwanqwa752/
Ngwankwo751/
Ngwankua751/
Ngwangwai719/
Ngwangway714/
Ngwang'wa714/
Ngwankweu711/
Ng'wangwa711/
Ng'wang'wa67230/

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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 Nkwankwa
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