Kemkem Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kemkem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kemkem Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon261:798,81055,510
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
France151:4,428,181244,602
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kemkem (49) may also be a first name.

Kemkem Last Name Facts

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

Kemkem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻜﻢ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kemkem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. Kemkem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Kemkem live; 39 percent live in Central Africa and 39 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kemkem is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name on earth, held by 49 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Kemkem is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 58 percent live, West Region, where 38 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Kemkem exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and France, where 23 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khemkhem86206/
Kaemkhem861/
Kamkem8310/
Kimkem832/
Kemkim831/
Kaemkim774/
Kemchem772/
Kemkuim771/
Kimkeam771/
Kamkeam771/
Cemcem67207/
Kimkim6741/
Kamkim6724/
Kemcim671/
Camkem671/
Khamkheam671/
Khamkim622/
Chemchem571,025/
Quemquem57252/
Khomkhim571/
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Kemkem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kemkem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻤﻜﻢkmkm-

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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 Kemkem
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