Nkanang Surname
Approximately 2,898 people bear this surname
Nkanang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,880 | 1:61,508 | 4,556 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Nkanang (64) may also be a first name.
Nkanang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkanang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkanang occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nkanang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkanang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 151,937th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,514,681 people. The surname Nkanang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkanang live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkanang is also the 1,223,525th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 64 people.
The last name Nkanang is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,880 people, or 1 in 61,508. In Nigeria Nkanang is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 76 percent live, Cross River, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkannang | 93 | 87 | / |
| Nkangang | 93 | 17 | / |
| Nkeanang | 93 | 4 | / |
| Nkainang | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nkkamnang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nkamgnang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nkannnang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nkenang | 86 | 186 | / |
| Nkonang | 86 | 144 | / |
| Ncanang | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nkanong | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nkeangnang | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nkeunang | 80 | 17 | / |
| Nkangong | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nkounang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkongang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkomnang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkoungang | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nkanhoung | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkomnaing | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkonank | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nconang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkenhoung | 63 | 104 | / |
| Nkonhoung | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nkongong | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkanang
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