Kengum Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Kengum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
Kengum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kengum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kengum occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kengum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kengum are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 59 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 41 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kengoum | 92 | 212 | / |
| Keingum | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kenum | 91 | 51 | / |
| Keungoum | 86 | 10 | / |
| Keenum | 83 | 1,315 | / |
| Keanum | 83 | 42 | / |
| Kengom | 83 | 19 | / |
| Kenaum | 83 | 14 | / |
| Kenume | 83 | 12 | / |
| Kienum | 83 | 4 | / |
| Khenum | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kenoum | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kingum | 83 | 2 | / |
| Qengum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kemgum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kingoum | 77 | 53 | / |
| Kenoume | 77 | 22 | / |
| Kemgoum | 77 | 7 | / |
| Chengum | 77 | 2 | / |
| Keynoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kenhoum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kinum | 73 | 138 | / |
| Kenom | 73 | 60 | / |
| Qenum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kynum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kemgueum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quenum | 67 | 13,783 | / |
| Keenom | 67 | 369 | / |
| Kinume | 67 | 354 | / |
| Khenom | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kainum | 67 | 11 | / |
| Keinom | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chenum | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kijnum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kingom | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kenhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qeunum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuinum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kienom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kenoom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kehnom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kinhum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keanom | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kengum
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