Gankam Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Gankam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 318 | 1:65,312 | 8,281 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Gankam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gankam is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gankam is the 846,108th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The surname Gankam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gankam live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Gankam is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 65,312. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and West Region, where 23 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Gankam occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngankam | 92 | 3,041 | / |
| Gainkam | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ankam | 91 | 13,528 | / |
| Ngangkam | 86 | 28 | / |
| Ngankham | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ngainkam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Angkam | 83 | 82 | / |
| Ankham | 83 | 51 | / |
| Hankam | 83 | 47 | / |
| Aunkam | 83 | 29 | / |
| Ainkam | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ankkam | 83 | 13 | / |
| Gamkam | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ankamm | 83 | 7 | / |
| Aankam | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ankaam | 83 | 4 | / |
| Gankom | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ankame | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gonkam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ankeam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gancam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ankaim | 83 | 0 | / |
| Ngangkham | 80 | 16 | / |
| Aunkham | 77 | 1,150 | / |
| Hankham | 77 | 990 | / |
| Angkham | 77 | 800 | / |
| Ainkham | 77 | 132 | / |
| Gonkham | 77 | 46 | / |
| Ngonkam | 77 | 37 | / |
| Hangkam | 77 | 26 | / |
| Gonkame | 77 | 19 | / |
| Gongkam | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ghamkam | 77 | 3 | / |
| Asenkam | 77 | 2 | / |
| Aangkam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngankom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hgamkam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onkam | 73 | 131 | / |
| Ankom | 73 | 119 | / |
| Ancam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anqam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngonkham | 71 | 596 | / |
| Hahnkamm | 71 | 152 | / |
| Hasenkam | 71 | 87 | / |
| Ngounkam | 71 | 25 | / |
| Gongkham | 71 | 13 | / |
| Hangkham | 71 | 4 | / |
| Angeekam | 71 | 3 | / |
| Goonkham | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hgamkham | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kgamkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heankham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ainkkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aangkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onkham | 67 | 5,304 | / |
| Ankome | 67 | 311 | / |
| Angkom | 67 | 69 | / |
| Honkam | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hassenkam | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ankoum | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ounkam | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hankom | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hasenkamm | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ongkam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aimkam | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oonkam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aunkom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gancom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hancam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ancamd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amkame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gonkom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onkame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aumkam | 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
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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 Gankam
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