Nkya Surname

40,676th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,880 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nkya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania12,8021:4,135572
Uganda481:813,31838,363
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nkya (93) may also be a first name.

Nkya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nkya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nkya is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nkya.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 40,676th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 565,803 people. The last name Nkya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nkya is also the 986,211th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 93 people.

The surname Nkya is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 12,802 people, or 1 in 4,135. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 35 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 10 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Nkya Last Name Statistics demography

Nkya earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.05% less than the national average, earning $25,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nkayia8010/
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Nkia75208/
Nkyo7515/
Nkja751/
Ngkaiya734/
Nkeyeah731/
Nkaayia731/
Nkhea6748/
N'Kia6739/
Nkeha6729/
Ngkia6715/
Nkija676/
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Nkiha672/
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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 Nkya
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