Njinkeng Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Njinkeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njinkeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3231:64,3018,181
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Njinkeng Last Name Facts

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

Njinkeng is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njinkeng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 842,714th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Njinkeng reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 64,301. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 93 percent live, West Region, where 4 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njionkeng941/
Nzinkeng8814/
Nyinkeng883/
Njenkeng882/
Ngimnkeng826/
Ngenkeng7589/
Ngimkeng7564/
Nzenkeng7528/
Nsenkeng753/
Njemkeng751/
Nyinking751/
Nchenkeng712/
Ngemnkeng711/
Nyingking711/
Ngemkeng632/

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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 Njinkeng
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