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
The surname Nekem is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nekem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Nekem reside; 20 percent reside in Central Africa and 20 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Nekem is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 28 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent live and North Region, where 50 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live.
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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