Nkwenja Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkwenja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwenja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon511:407,23734,925
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Nkwenja Last Name Facts

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

Nkwenja is most common in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nkwenja click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwenja? popularity and diffusion

Nkwenja is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwenja live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon Nkwenja is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 47 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 39 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent are found and The Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Nkwenja Last Name Statistics demography

Nkwenja earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.58% less than the national average, earning R 131,688 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
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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 Nkwenja
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