Nukusa Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nukusa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nukusa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Nukusa (38) may also be a first name.

Nukusa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nukusa (Marathi: नुकुसा) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Nukusa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nukusa? popularity and diffusion

Nukusa is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Nukusa is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nukusa are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 38 people.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya Nukusa is mostly concentrated in: Machakos County, where 100 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Uzbekistan, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nukuse834/
Nikusa833/
Nukusi832/
Nukisa832/
Nukuza831/
Nukisah777/
Nukucha772/
Noukousi711/
Nikisa67425/
Noukoussi6749/
Nikuza6720/
Nokuse674/
Nokuza673/
Nukosi672/
Nocusa671/

Nukusa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nukusa in the Marathi language
नुकुसाnukusa75
नुकूसाnukusa25

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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
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  • 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 Nukusa
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