Nankeng Surname
Approximately 684 people bear this surname
Nankeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 679 | 1:30,588 | 4,130 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nankeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nankeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nankeng is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nankeng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankeng? popularity and diffusion
Nankeng is the 485,771st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,654,307 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nankeng reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 679 people, or 1 in 30,588. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 34 percent live, Littoral Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 28 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngankeng | 93 | 93 | / |
| Nangkeng | 93 | 7 | / |
| Nanking | 86 | 54 | / |
| Nonkeng | 86 | 17 | / |
| Namkeng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nanceng | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nongkeng | 80 | 14 | / |
| Nganking | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nangking | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nancheng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nonkaeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nancng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngounkeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngankiong | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nanqing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nonceng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nonkenke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nanching | 67 | 4 | / |
| Noonking | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neinking | 67 | 0 | / |
| Noncenc | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nounching | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Nankeng
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