Nkap Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Nkap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Nkap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkap occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nkap click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkap? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,447,279th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name Nkap is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkap live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nkap is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 266,270. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 91 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 3 percent reside and South Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 47 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkape | 89 | 164 | / |
| Nkaap | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkapp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkhape | 80 | 39 | / |
| Nkaphe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nkappe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkop | 75 | 761 | / |
| Ncap | 75 | 6 | / |
| Nkab | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nkav | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nkhaphe | 73 | 104 | / |
| Nkope | 67 | 308 | / |
| Ncape | 67 | 41 | / |
| Nqape | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkoup | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hncap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkoop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkhab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkopf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkhope | 60 | 247 | / |
| Ngcape | 60 | 115 | / |
| Nkophe | 60 | 101 | / |
| Ncaphe | 60 | 51 | / |
| Ngkope | 60 | 15 | / |
| Nqaphe | 60 | 4 | / |
| Nkoupe | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nkoppe | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nkoope | 60 | 1 | / |
| Ngcaphe | 55 | 87 | / |
| Ngqaphe | 55 | 4 | / |
| Nhcaphe | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nkhoope | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nkabowa | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ncop | 50 | 15 | / |
| Nqab | 50 | 13 | / |
| Nkob | 50 | 7 | / |
| Nkov | 50 | 6 | / |
| Ncav | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ncab | 50 | 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
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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 Nkap
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