Kwakam Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Kwakam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 109 | 1:190,542 | 19,833 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwakam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwakam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwakam is most common in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kwakam.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwakam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwakam is the 1,727,723rd most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Kwakam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kwakam live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 190,542. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 47 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 25 percent reside and West Region, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwakam | 92 | 67 | / |
| Kwakham | 92 | 4 | / |
| Khwakham | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kwekam | 83 | 435 | / |
| Kuakam | 83 | 55 | / |
| Kwokam | 83 | 49 | / |
| Kwakom | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwékam | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwokam | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kuakham | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kwaccam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwakam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwakhom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwohkam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwoukam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kweukam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuadkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuekam | 67 | 160 | / |
| Kwokom | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gwokam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kwekom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Guakam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwekam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuokam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quakam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguakam | 62 | 18 | / |
| Gbakaam | 62 | 6 | / |
| Ngwokam | 62 | 3 | / |
| Guaikam | 62 | 2 | / |
| Guaykam | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gweikam | 62 | 1 | / |
| Guokam | 50 | 2 | / |
| Quacam | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kuekom | 50 | 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 Kwakam
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