Nsakwe Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nsakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia351:452,85521,237
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nsakwe Last Name Facts

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

Nsakwe is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsakwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,273,756th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsakwe reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Nsakwe is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 452,855. In Zambia Nsakwe is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 54 percent reside and Luapula Province, where 46 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 49 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nshakwe922/
Nsankwe922/
Nsakwa83385/
Nzakwe8334/
Nsekwe8333/
Nsokwe8328/
Njakwe8310/
Nxakwe838/
Nsankue7713/
Nsonkwe7711/
Ntcakwe771/
N'Sakwa771/
Nzeakwe771/
Nsankwi771/
Ndjakwe771/
Nzakweh771/
Nsohnkwe711/
Nzekwe678,348/
Njokwe67797/
Nzakwa67459/
Nsagwa6730/
Nsokwa6712/
Nzokwe6710/
Njakwi673/
Njagwe672/
Nsegwe671/
Nsagwi671/
Nsogwe671/
Nsague671/

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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 Nsakwe
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