Nkal Surname

645,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 470 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3371:61,6297,883
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
India151:51,137,692512,385
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202

Nkal (32) may also be a first name.

Nkal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkal (Marathi: ंकाळ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 645,032nd most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. Nkal occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nkal are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most common first name in the world, held by 32 people.

Nkal is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 61,629. In Cameroon Nkal is primarily found in: East Region, where 73 percent are found, Centre Region, where 14 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkale891,170/
Nkail895/
Nkall892/
Nkalle80387/
Nkaule80154/
Nkaile8080/
Nkaale8017/
Nkhale802/
Nkacel801/
Nkhahl801/
Nkol75654/
Ncal750/
Nkhaale739/
Nkhaile731/
Ngkahle731/
Nkhaule731/
Nka'ale731/
Nkole6730,145/
Nkoul6781/
N'Khaile6714/
Ncale6714/
Nkeul679/
Ngcal672/
N'Kol671/
Ncasl671/
Nkhol671/
Nkoll671/
Nkool671/
Nccal671/
Ncall671/

Nkal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nkal in the Marathi language
ंकाळnkala-

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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 Nkal
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