Nkwebe Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Nkwebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Nkwebe (23) may also be a first name.

Nkwebe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkwebe is found most in The DR Congo. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Nkwebe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwebe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,328,442nd most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. Nkwebe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkwebe reside; 69 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nkwebe is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.

Nkwebe is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 12 percent are found.

Nkwebe Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwebe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.7% less than the national average, earning R 55,380 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nkweebe922/
Nkwebet921/
Nkwebeh921/
Nkuebe83987/
Nkweba83288/
Nkwebi83127/
Nkwabe83109/
Ngwebe8390/
Nqwebe831/
Ngwebeh7713/
Ngwebep774/
Nkouebe773/
Ngqwebe771/
Ngcwebe771/
'Nkuebe771/
Nkwabeu771/
Nkuebie771/
N'Kwibe771/
Nkwabeh771/
Nkwabei771/
Nkouebet711/
Ngwueber711/
Nkwabi6714,735/
Ngwabe671,748/
Nguebe67154/
Ngweba6758/
Ngbebe6745/
Nkwiba6734/
Nqweba6715/
Ncwabe6711/
Ngwebi679/
Nkwibi675/
Ngwibe674/
Nqwebi671/
Nkuibe671/
Nkuebi671/
Nkueba671/
Nqwabe671/

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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 Nkwebe
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