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 is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may 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 frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 40 percent of Nekem live; 20 percent live in Central Africa and 20 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Nekem is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name in the world, held by 28 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Nekem is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent are found and North Region, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found.
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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