Njikeng Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Njikeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njikeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1651:125,87314,288
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Njikeng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Njikeng is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Njikeng click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njikeng? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,333,288th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name Njikeng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Njikeng live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Njikeng is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 125,873. In Cameroon Njikeng is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 73 percent reside, West Region, where 15 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njiokeng9350/
Ndjikeng931/
Nzikeng8611/
Nyikeng863/
Njekeng861/
Njeukeng8016/
Nziekeng801/
Nzekeng7171/
Ngekeng7120/
Nyekeng711/
Nieceng711/
Nzeukeng67144/
Ngnekeng672/
Njeuking671/
Njeacheng631/
Ndziecking591/
Nyiching5315/
Ngecheng531/

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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 Njikeng
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