Nekom Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nekom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nekom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Nekom (309) may also be a first name.

Nekom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nekom (Tibetan: གནག་སྐུམ།) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nekom.

How Common Is The Last Name Nekom? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Nekom reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 500,178th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 309 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Nekom is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 33 percent are found, East Region, where 33 percent are found and West Region, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neukom911,172/
Nekhom9119/
Nekome912/
Neakom912/
Nehkom911/
Niekom911/
Neykom910/
Neukomm831,171/
Nekkhom834/
Ngnekom831/
Neakoum831/
Nekomme831/
Neikhom831/
Neakcom830/
Nekam801,104/
Nikom80245/
Nokom80180/
Nakom8077/
Nykom8026/
Nekum8018/
Necom802/
Neukam731,653/
Nikhom73501/
Nakhom73407/
Neukum73386/
Noikom73322/
Neckam73149/
Neucom73135/
Neikam7381/
Nackom7371/
Niekum7359/
Niekam7353/
Nekham7333/
Nokhom7330/
Nikoum7324/
Neekam7319/
Ngekam7318/
Nakoom7317/
Nekame7314/
Neikum7313/
Nyokom738/
Nekume737/
Nekkam736/
Netkum736/
Ngekum733/
Noykom732/
Ngikom732/
Nihkom731/
Nikome731/
Nohkom731/
Nehkam731/
Nokkom731/
Netkam731/
Nehcom731/
Njkome731/
Gnekam731/
Nekhum731/
Nnokom731/
Nnekam731/
Naykom731/
Neakam731/
Nakkom731/
Naekam731/
Naikom731/
Nickom730/
Netkham67947/
Neukamm67749/
Nekkham67195/
Naakhom67144/
Naekham6766/
Neckamm6722/
Nnakoum678/
Nehkham674/
Nakkoom672/
Neakhum672/
Netkhum672/
Nedkham672/
Nikoume672/
Nekamme672/
Neckham672/
Noikhom671/
Nekkhum671/
Negkhum671/
Nnakhom671/
Nekkame671/
Neykham671/
Neycome671/
Neakham671/
Neagkum671/
Nekhume671/
Noekham671/
Nakkoum671/
Nakkhom671/
Niokohm670/

Nekom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nekom in the Tibetan language
གནག་སྐུམ།nakkum-

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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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  • 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 Nekom
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