Niekam Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Niekam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Niekam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niekam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niekam is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Niekam.
How Common Is The Last Name Niekam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Niekam is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Niekam reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 432,689. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 42 percent live, Centre Region, where 33 percent live and Littoral Region, where 21 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Niekam occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Niekam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Niekam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Niekam surname fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Niekam
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