Nkweya Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Nkweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nkweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkweya is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nkweya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkweya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,075,631st most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkweya are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 32 percent live and West Region, where 15 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwey | 91 | 112 | / |
| Nkwea | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ngweya | 83 | 340 | / |
| Nkwaya | 83 | 182 | / |
| Nkweyi | 83 | 66 | / |
| Ncweya | 83 | 17 | / |
| Nkueya | 83 | 13 | / |
| Nkweyo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nkwiya | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkweha | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nkweah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkweja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngweyah | 77 | 31 | / |
| Ngqweya | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ngwehya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkwueja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngweeya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkweyit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwey | 73 | 1,123 | / |
| Nkwai | 73 | 199 | / |
| Nkwei | 73 | 171 | / |
| Nkwaj | 73 | 56 | / |
| Ngwea | 73 | 33 | / |
| Nkwaa | 73 | 24 | / |
| Nkweu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nkway | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkwue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwayaya | 71 | 41 | / |
| Nkoueyap | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngweyaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaya | 67 | 3,321 | / |
| Ngweyi | 67 | 1,623 | / |
| Ngueya | 67 | 800 | / |
| Nkwaje | 67 | 427 | / |
| Ngweja | 67 | 215 | / |
| Nkwaju | 67 | 175 | / |
| Ngweha | 67 | 164 | / |
| Ngwiya | 67 | 124 | / |
| Nkuaya | 67 | 96 | / |
| Ngbeya | 67 | 92 | / |
| Nkwayi | 67 | 78 | / |
| Nkwija | 67 | 75 | / |
| Nkwaji | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ngweye | 67 | 51 | / |
| Nkwayu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nkuiya | 67 | 24 | / |
| Nkwaye | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nkwawe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nkweje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nkwaja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkwaha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkweji | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwuya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwhoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngweah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngweyu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwiyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkhweu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwa'a | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkouey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwuyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwajo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngweyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Kwoe | 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 Nkweya
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