Monkem Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Monkem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Monkem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Monkem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Monkem occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Monkem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Monkem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Monkem reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 52 percent live, Northwest Region, where 31 percent live and West Region, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monkhem | 92 | 5 | / |
| Moungkem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mankem | 83 | 82 | / |
| Munkem | 83 | 38 | / |
| Moungkhem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Munkhem | 77 | 3 | / |
| Monchem | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meunkem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mankeme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moonkim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Matinkem | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mankheme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masingkem | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mankim | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moncim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mancem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mumkem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Manchem | 62 | 1,426 | / |
| Mungkim | 62 | 29 | / |
| Munchem | 62 | 12 | / |
| Munkhym | 62 | 1 | / |
| Munkhim | 62 | 1 | / |
| Munqeem | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mancheam | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mancheem | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mancim | 50 | 67 | / |
| Manqim | 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 Monkem
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