Nsakanya Surname
Approximately 1,288 people bear this surname
Nsakanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,196 | 1:13,252 | 1,514 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nsakanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nsakanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nsakanya is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nsakanya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 296,030th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,658,033 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsakanya reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nsakanya is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,196 people, or 1 in 13,252. In Zambia Nsakanya is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 17 percent reside. Other than Zambia Nsakanya is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nsakanya
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