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
Nikong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nikong is the 3,228,735th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Nikong reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 23 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Nikong is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 87 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 16 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.
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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