Nkankang Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkankang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkankang 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
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nkankang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkankang occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nkankang.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkankang? popularity and diffusion

Nkankang is the 4,427,875th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkankang live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Nkankang is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Nkankang is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 94 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Nkankang is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.

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
Nkankan9316/
Nkankane881/
Nkamkang881/
Nkankaine821/
Nkonkgang821/
Nkamkan801/
Nkonkong7516/
Nkamnkam751/
Nkoumkang712/
Nkonkon675/
Nkamkam671/
Nkonkone631/
Nkangkam631/
Nkounkoun591/
Nkoumkong591/
Nkomkam531/
Nkonqane504/
Nkamkoum501/
Ncamncam501/
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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 Nkankang
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