Nka
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Initialism of now known as
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ŋkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 275K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 440K
- ATAustria≈1 in 830K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 27 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 275K (inferred from the name graph)
≈780 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Initialism of now known as.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈780 est. | ≈1 in 275K | — | Nka | 18 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 440K | — | Nka | 5 |
| US United States | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 3.6M | — | Nka | 27 |
| DE Germany | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 997K | — | Nka | 15 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 4.2M | — | Nka | 12 |
| ES Spain | 12 | 1 in 4.2M | 12 | — | 3 |
| AT Austria | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 830K | — | Nka | 4 |
| SG Singapore | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Nka | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In ckv, heddle (part of a loom)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In otw, goose, Canada goose
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bnt-phu, to pick up, to take
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tyx, antelope
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Southern Sotho, to take
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 12 | #109,635 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nka mean, and where does it come from?
- Initialism of now known as. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Nka?
- A machine transcription gives /ŋkə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Nka have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 779 people named Nka in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nka.
- How common is the name Nka?
- In Spain, the national register counted 12 people named Nka, about 1 in 4.2 million residents.
What do you want to know about Nka?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nkaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.