Nikong Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Nikong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nikong (23) may also be a first name.
Nikong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nikong is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikong? popularity and diffusion
Nikong is the 3,228,735th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Nikong is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Nikong live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Nikong is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 23 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 87 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 16 percent live and Malaysia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikhong | 92 | 198 | / |
| Noikong | 92 | 121 | / |
| Ngikong | 92 | 35 | / |
| Nuikong | 92 | 13 | / |
| Naikong | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nidkong | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nickong | 92 | 1 | / |
| Noikhong | 86 | 402 | / |
| Nuikhong | 86 | 96 | / |
| Nitkhong | 86 | 8 | / |
| Gnikoung | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngnikong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngoikong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nukong | 83 | 635 | / |
| Nikang | 83 | 79 | / |
| Nekong | 83 | 53 | / |
| Naikhoeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngnikoung | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nukhong | 77 | 2,140 | / |
| Nyokong | 77 | 1,745 | / |
| Hnukong | 77 | 55 | / |
| Nekoeng | 77 | 42 | / |
| Naikang | 77 | 37 | / |
| Neekong | 77 | 35 | / |
| Nikhang | 77 | 33 | / |
| Nhukong | 77 | 29 | / |
| Nikkang | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nuykong | 77 | 6 | / |
| Noykong | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nuekong | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nukoong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nuhkong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Naykong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Naicong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngekong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnukong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nukoung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nukkong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nugkong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nedkong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Netkong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nydkong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngnekong | 71 | 14 | / |
| Hnukhong | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nikaseng | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nnuikang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neekhong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nekoteng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neakoing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngaikung | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyokoong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gnaykong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nuykhong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nethkong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nicung | 67 | 68 | / |
| Nykung | 67 | 31 | / |
| Nekang | 67 | 22 | / |
| Nikonkova | 67 | 20 | / |
| Nukang | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ngnekoung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nicang | 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 Nikong
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