Ankeng Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Ankeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Ankeng (225) may also be a first name.
Ankeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ankeng is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankeng? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Ankeng is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ankeng reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ankeng is also the 599,828th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 225 people.
The last name Ankeng is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Ankeng is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 81 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 14 percent reside and East Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Ankeng Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ankeng has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ankeng surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angkeng | 92 | 45 | / |
| Gankeng | 92 | 20 | / |
| Hankeng | 92 | 4 | / |
| Amnkeng | 92 | 1 | / |
| Angkieng | 86 | 7 | / |
| Hangkeng | 86 | 6 | / |
| Ankengue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Anking | 83 | 34 | / |
| Ankyng | 83 | 1 | / |
| Achenkeng | 80 | 17 | / |
| Angking | 77 | 690 | / |
| Engkeng | 77 | 159 | / |
| Hanking | 77 | 137 | / |
| Ongkeng | 77 | 17 | / |
| Hanceng | 77 | 14 | / |
| Ancheng | 77 | 5 | / |
| Henkeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ganking | 77 | 1 | / |
| Enkieng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aunking | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ateehnkeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hengkeng | 71 | 672 | / |
| Hancheng | 71 | 19 | / |
| Hounkeng | 71 | 12 | / |
| Angcheng | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hangking | 71 | 2 | / |
| Honkueng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asenking | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ancing | 67 | 160 | / |
| Amking | 67 | 87 | / |
| Enking | 67 | 82 | / |
| Anqing | 67 | 14 | / |
| Onceng | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onking | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onkhng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hangcheng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aimkng | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ankeng
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