Nakem Surname

798,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 352 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Nakem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand3291:214,70635,926
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nakem (1,329) may also be a first name.

Nakem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nakem (Russian: Накем, Tibetan: གནག་སྐེམ།) is found most frequently in Thailand. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakem? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nakem is the 798,040th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Nakem reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 215,498th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 1,329 people.

It is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 214,706. In Thailand Nakem is most common in: Phitsanulok Province, where 95 percent live, Songkhla Province, where 2 percent live and Phetchabun Province, where 1 percent live. Aside from Thailand this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakeme9158/
Nakeem9115/
Nakeam918/
Nakiem912/
Ngakem912/
Nakhem911/
Naikem911/
Nakheem837/
Naikhem836/
Nnaikem834/
Naikeme833/
Nnaekem833/
Naukeim830/
Nakim801,118/
Nacem8036/
Nekem805/
Nokem801/
Ngokem7379/
Nakhym7355/
Nakkim7353/
Nachem7339/
Naqeem7331/
Nakhim7327/
Nakime7327/
Nnokem7312/
Naikim737/
Naceem736/
Nnekem735/
Nakyom733/
Nakaim733/
Nookem733/
Nekhem733/
Noukem732/
Nokeme732/
Naycem731/
Nekkem731/
Nakuim731/
Neukem731/
Naceam731/
Naceim731/
Nagkim731/
Nazkim731/
Natkime67198/
Nakkhim6730/
Nuikhem6729/
Ngoukem6726/
Noukeme6718/
Naskime674/
Nnachem674/
Nakaime673/
Nookhem673/
Nakimme671/
Nagkaim671/
Noukeum671/
Neukemm671/
Nakchim671/
Nakhime671/
Nahakim671/
Ngokkem671/

Nakem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nakem in the Tibetan language
གནག་སྐེམ།nakkem-
Nakem in the Russian language
Накемnakem-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nakem
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