Nkwaya Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Nkwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Rwanda | 49 | 1:231,938 | 1,267 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 24 | 1:2,205,901 | 48,025 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkwaya (10,069) may also be a first name.
Nkwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkwaya is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nkwaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,263,456th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nkwaya live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 60,960th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 10,069 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 370,876. In Cameroon Nkwaya is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 64 percent reside, Centre Region, where 30 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Rwanda, where 27 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwaa | 91 | 24 | / |
| Nkway | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nkwayaya | 86 | 41 | / |
| Ngwaya | 83 | 3,321 | / |
| Nkuaya | 83 | 96 | / |
| Nkweya | 83 | 82 | / |
| Nkwayi | 83 | 78 | / |
| Nkwayu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Nkwaye | 83 | 14 | / |
| Nkwaja | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nkwaha | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nkwiya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkwayo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwa'a | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkhwayi | 77 | 235 | / |
| Ng'waya | 77 | 223 | / |
| Ngwayah | 77 | 141 | / |
| Nghwaya | 77 | 17 | / |
| Nkwayip | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nqkwayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwuaha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwayet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkcwayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngkwayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwai | 73 | 199 | / |
| Nkwey | 73 | 112 | / |
| Nkwaj | 73 | 56 | / |
| Ngway | 73 | 39 | / |
| Ngwaa | 73 | 29 | / |
| Nkwea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ng'hwaya | 71 | 929 | / |
| Ngh'waya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngweyaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwayi | 67 | 1,595 | / |
| Ngbaya | 67 | 530 | / |
| Nkwaje | 67 | 427 | / |
| Ngweya | 67 | 340 | / |
| Ngwayu | 67 | 292 | / |
| Nguaya | 67 | 208 | / |
| Nkwaju | 67 | 175 | / |
| Ngwayo | 67 | 156 | / |
| Ngwaja | 67 | 126 | / |
| Ngwiya | 67 | 124 | / |
| Ngwaye | 67 | 81 | / |
| Nkwija | 67 | 75 | / |
| Nkweyi | 67 | 66 | / |
| Nkwaji | 67 | 56 | / |
| Nkuiya | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ncweya | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nkueya | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nkwawe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nkweyo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkwhoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkweha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwuya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ncwayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwiyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqwayi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkweja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqwaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwajo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwuyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqwayo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkwaya
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