Nkwanyana Surname

24,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Nkwanyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwanyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa20,0111:2,707342
Swaziland1,5921:815122
England311:1,797,35772,927
Ireland101:470,89415,820
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkwanyana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkwanyana is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nkwanyana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwanyana? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 24,924th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 336,545 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwanyana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Nkwanyana is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 20,011 people, or 1 in 2,707. In South Africa Nkwanyana is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 75 percent are found, Gauteng, where 14 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent are found. Beside South Africa Nkwanyana exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 7 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Nkwanyana Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwanyana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.02% less than the national average, earning R 133,032 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkwanyanna951/
Nkwanyane891,498/
Ngwanyana8918/
Nkwanjana893/
Nkwanyani893/
Nkwanyona892/
Nkwonyana892/
Nkwanyano891/
Nkuanyana891/
Ncwanyana891/
Ngwanyanga841/
Nkwanyange841/
Ngwanyane7813/
Nkwonyona781/
Ngwanyange74226/
Nkwagnoni671/
Nguanyange6355/

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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 Nkwanyana
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