Nkweba Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

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

Nkweba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkweba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2801:193,49220,922
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Nkweba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkweba is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkweba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 919,444th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkweba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 193,492. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 65 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Western Cape, where 13 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Nkweba Last Name Statistics demography

Nkweba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.9% less than the national average, earning R 140,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ngwaba671,203/
Nkuebe67987/
Ngueba67776/
Nqwaba67521/
Ngwebe6790/
Ngwebo6769/
Nqwebo6714/
Nkwabo6711/
Nkuiba6711/
Ngwebi679/
Nkwibi675/
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Nkuebi671/
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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 Nkweba
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