Nkantion Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Nkantion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 536 | 1:330,490 | 18,063 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
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
Nkantion is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nkantion click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkantion? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkantion is the 583,527th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. The last name Nkantion occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkantion are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held forename globally, held by 10 people.
The surname Nkantion is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 536 people, or 1 in 330,490. In Nigeria it 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 is found in one country. It is also common in England, 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
- 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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