Nkweshe Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Nkweshe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nkweshe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkweshe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkweshe is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkweshe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkweshe are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Nkweshe is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. Apart from South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwese | 92 | 87 | / |
| Nkwescheu | 88 | 25 | / |
| Ngweshe | 86 | 814 | / |
| Nkweshi | 86 | 42 | / |
| Nkweche | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nkwesha | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nkwashe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nkweise | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkweseu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkwesse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nqweshe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkwetche | 80 | 96 | / |
| Nkqweshi | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nkwesseu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nkwesuha | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nkweitse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngweshie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwese | 77 | 954 | / |
| Nkwesi | 77 | 80 | / |
| Nkwesa | 77 | 46 | / |
| Nkuese | 77 | 34 | / |
| Nkwashi | 71 | 745 | / |
| Ngueshe | 71 | 418 | / |
| Ngwesse | 71 | 329 | / |
| Ngweshi | 71 | 126 | / |
| Ngwesha | 71 | 77 | / |
| Ngweseh | 71 | 18 | / |
| Ngweche | 71 | 17 | / |
| Nqweshi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ngwishe | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nkwueze | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nkwessi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nkwessa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nkgwesa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ngwashe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nkueshi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nkwesai | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ngwetse | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkuesse | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkwoshi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwesie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwishi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwiche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkweasi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nngwese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwesih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkhweez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwueche | 67 | 438 | / |
| Ngwes | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngqweshi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkoueche | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwessie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ng'wesha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwesseh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaishe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwasheh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwetchi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkouesse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ng'washe | 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 Nkweshe
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