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 last name Nkwesi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwesi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,106,139th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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.
The last name Nkwesi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Nkwesi is most prevalent in: Delta, where 69 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Abia, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Nkwesi is found in 4 countries. It is also common 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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