Nkwesi Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Nkwesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Nkwesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkwesi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwesi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwesi are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Nkwesi is primarily found in: Delta, where 69 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Abia, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent are found and Uganda, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Nkwesi
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