Nekam Surname
Approximately 1,104 people bear this surname
Nekam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 860 | 1:24,150 | 3,270 |
| Austria | 197 | 1:43,226 | 6,927 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Nékám (18) are calculated separately.
Nekam (260) may also be a first name.
Nekam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nekam (Hindi: नेकम, Marathi: नेकाम, Russian: Некам) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant: Nékám. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 334,403rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,601,038 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Nekam live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nekam is also the 552,051st most frequent first name internationally, borne by 260 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 860 people, or 1 in 24,150. In Cameroon Nekam is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 36 percent live, Centre Region, where 30 percent live and Littoral Region, where 27 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 18 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nekam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nekam in the Hindi language | ||
| नेकम | nekama | 83.33 |
| नेकाम | nekama | 16.67 |
| Nekam in the Marathi language | ||
| नेकाम | nekama | 54.55 |
| िनकम | inakama | 36.36 |
| नीकम | nikama | 9.09 |
| Nekam in the Russian language | ||
| Некам | nekam | - |
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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 Nekam
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