Nkakan Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkakan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nkakan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkakan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkakan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkakan are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nkakan is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Nkakan is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 96 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Nkakan occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkakane9248/
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Nkakaine8634/
N'Kakane861/
Nkakam8335/
Nkacan831/
Nkaakanhe801/
Ncakane778/
Nkokane775/
Nqakane771/
Ngcakane7139/
Ngqakane712/
Nccakane711/
Ncakam6717/
Ncokane624/
Ncacane621/
Nqokane621/
Nkeikam621/
Nkeukon621/
Nkoukon621/
Ngcokane5719/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nkakan
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