Nqo Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nqo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nqo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nqo (66) may also be a first name.

Nqo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nqo is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nqo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Nqo are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 66 people.

Nqo is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Mokhotlong District, where 100 percent live. Excluding Lesotho Nqo exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 19 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nqoi8695/
Ngqo8621/
Nkqo864/
Nqou862/
Nquo862/
Nqoz861/
Nqoh861/
Nqoa861/
Nqho861/
'Nqo861/
Nquot7558/
Nqout754/
Nquqo752/
Nquko752/
Ngqoi751/
Nquoi751/
Nko676,401/
Nco6731/
Nqa678/
Ngqoch671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Nqo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis