Nkhata

Chichewa

Etymology

From Tumbuka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈᵑkʰá.ta/

Proper noun

Nkháta

1. a surname from Tumbuka
2. Nkhata Bay (a bay of Malawi)

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nkhata was the 30th most common surname in Malawi (36 186 persons = 0.2 percent of the population) and the 89th most common surname in Zambia (20 027 persons = 0.1 percent of the population).