Nkwayi Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Nkwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nkwayi (23) may also be a first name.
Nkwayi Demographics
Average Nkwayi Salary in
South Africa
R 46,356
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nkwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkwayi occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nkwayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,136,387th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Nkwayi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwayi are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname Nkwayi is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,083,554. In South Africa Nkwayi is most frequent in: North West, where 58 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Western Cape, where 8 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
Nkwayi Last Name Statistics demography
Nkwayi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.49% less than the national average, earning R 46,356 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 Nkwayi
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