Nkamwa Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Nkamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 299 | 1:69,462 | 8,730 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nkamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkamwa is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nkamwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkamwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 885,573rd most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkamwa reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 299 people, or 1 in 69,462. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent reside, Centre Region, where 36 percent reside and West Region, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nkamwa
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