Namekong Surname

395,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 891 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Namekong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Namekong Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon8871:23,4153,171
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Namekong Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namekong occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namekong? popularity and diffusion

It is the 395,841st most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,179,064 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namekong reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 887 people, or 1 in 23,415. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 34 percent are found, Centre Region, where 28 percent are found and West Region, where 28 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Namekong occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngamekong942/
Nnamekong942/
Namekoung941/
Gnamekong941/
Namakong885/
Nemekong882/
Namekang881/
Noumekong821/
Nnomekong821/
Nomikong751/

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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 Namekong
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