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
Nsakanya occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nsakanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 296,030th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,658,033 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsakanya live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,196 people, or 1 in 13,252. In Zambia Nsakanya is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
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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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