Nkwimba Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Nkwimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nkwimba (17,715) may also be a first name.
Nkwimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkwimba is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwimba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Nkwimba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwimba reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 41,308th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 17,715 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 67 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 17 percent live and Tabora Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Uganda, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkhwimba | 93 | 209 | / |
| Ngwimba | 86 | 66 | / |
| Nkwemba | 86 | 49 | / |
| Nkuimba | 86 | 38 | / |
| Nkhwemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwmbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwaimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkwembe | 71 | 1,233 | / |
| Ngwemba | 71 | 471 | / |
| Ngwimbi | 71 | 245 | / |
| Nguimba | 71 | 82 | / |
| Nkuimbi | 71 | 75 | / |
| Nkwembi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ngwumba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ngwimbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwimbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkuemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkuimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwumbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkouemba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkwembou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngwaimbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngqwemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwembah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nguimbah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwembeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimbip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Kwembe | 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
- 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 Nkwimba
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