Nkeck Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkeck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkeck 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
Cameroon921:225,75122,624
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkeck Last Name Facts

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

Nkeck occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkeck? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name Nkeck occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkeck reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 64 percent live, Centre Region, where 35 percent live and South Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Nkeck occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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
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N'Keke7310/
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Nkeike732/
Nkhekhe67143/
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Nkeq671/
Nkjc671/
Nkik671/
Nkeikeh671/
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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 Nkeck
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