Napken Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Napken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Napken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326

Napken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Napken is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Napken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Napken occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Napken are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon Napken is most frequent in: West Region, where 55 percent live and Littoral Region, where 45 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Marshall Islands, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Napkin8321/
Nepken832/
Nopkeng77138/
Napchen7711/
Napking779/
Napkina772/
Nephken771/
Napkgne771/
Naupkin770/
Nepkin6713/
Navkin674/
Nopkin670/
Nabkina622/
Nahavkyn573/
Novkin5030/
Novkyn504/

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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 Napken
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