Nekem Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Nekem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nekem (28) may also be a first name.
Nekem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nekem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nekem occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Nekem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Nekem are found; 20 percent are found in Central Africa and 20 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Nekem is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Nekem is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent reside and North Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nnekem | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nekeme | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ngekem | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nekhem | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nekkem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Neukem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Niekem | 91 | 0 | / |
| Nnaekem | 83 | 3 | / |
| Neskeme | 83 | 1 | / |
| Neukemm | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nakem | 80 | 352 | / |
| Nikem | 80 | 41 | / |
| Nekim | 80 | 3 | / |
| Njkem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nokem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neckheim | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nechem | 73 | 1,541 | / |
| Naqeem | 73 | 31 | / |
| Nakeem | 73 | 15 | / |
| Nikiem | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nnokem | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ngikem | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nakeam | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nekhim | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nickem | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nykeem | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nakiem | 73 | 2 | / |
| Neikim | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nikeem | 73 | 2 | / |
| Necehm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naikem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Netkim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nikeam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nikkem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nekhym | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nakhem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nikeum | 73 | 0 | / |
| Nuikhem | 67 | 29 | / |
| Neihkim | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nakheem | 67 | 7 | / |
| Naikhem | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nnaikem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Naikeme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nekaime | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nekem
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