Nkamsi Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkamsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkamsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon361:576,91944,454
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397

Nkamsi Last Name Facts

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

Nkamsi has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkamsi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Nkamsi live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 576,919. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 75 percent live, Northwest Region, where 6 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkamssi922/
Nkemsi8329/
Nkamji835/
Nkamse833/
Nkamsa832/
Nkomsi831/
Nkamseu7720/
Nkamchi772/
Nkamdji771/
Nkamsse771/
Nkamsheh711/
Nkamchai711/
Nkemzi67175/
Nkemsy6750/
Nqamse676/
Nkamje672/
Nkamze672/
Nkomsa671/
Nkomse671/
Nkamche6212/
Nkomssa6211/
Ncamshe6210/
Ncamsha621/
Nkemseu621/
Nkemseh621/
Nkomsha621/
Ngqamshe571/
Nkeamzoa571/
Nkeumsseu531/
Nkemze5043/
Nqamza5030/
Nkomge502/
Nkomje501/

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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 Nkamsi
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