Nkantion Surname

583,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkantion Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkantion 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
Nigeria5361:330,49018,063
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nkantion (10) may also be a first name.

Nkantion Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkantion occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkantion? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 583,527th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkantion live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkantion is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous forename throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 536 people, or 1 in 330,490. In Nigeria Nkantion is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent reside, Rivers, where 7 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkanttion941/
Nkantiong941/
Nkantin937/
Nkantien8837/
Nkantina881/
Nkantn861/
Nkanteong824/
Nkanten808/
Nkantim805/
Nkanteen75118/
Nkonten671/
Nkontim671/
Ncanteen635/
Nkounteng591/
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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 Nkantion
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