Nakoum Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Nakoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nakoum (16) may also be a first name.
Nakoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakoum is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakoum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Nakoum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nakoum live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 16 people.
Nakoum is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Nakoum is most numerous in: West Region, where 85 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 4 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 4 percent live.
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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 Nakoum
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