Monkoum Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Monkoum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Monkoum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2831:73,3899,146
Benin71:1,476,51557,381

Monkoum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Monkoum is found most in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Monkoum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Monkoum is the 914,967th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Monkoum live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 66 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 73,389. In Cameroon Monkoum is most common in: West Region, where 61 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Monkoum occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Monkoum
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