Nkware Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nkware Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkware Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1211:437,53430,427
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nkware Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkware occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkware? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,422,956th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkware are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Nkware is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 437,534. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 98 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 1 percent are found and Mara Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Nkware is found in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 15 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.

Nkware Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nkware surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkgware921/
Nkwar918/
Ngware83299/
Nkwere83185/
Nkwara83111/
Nkwari8325/
Nkwaira7732/
Nkwoure7727/
Nkwereh773/
Nkwuore773/
Nkworie773/
Nkwerre772/
Nkweere771/
Nkwor733,284/
Ngwar7372/
Ngwere671,165/
Ngwari67282/
Ngwara67237/
Ngwire6734/
Nkwuor6720/
Nkweri674/
Nguare672/
Nkuere672/
Ncwari672/
Nkwour671/
Ningwaree671/
Ngwary671/
Ngwarh671/
Ngwuar671/
Ncwire671/
Ncwere671/
Ngbare671/
Nkwori671/

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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
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  • 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 Nkware
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