Nkeh Surname
Approximately 1,202 people bear this surname
Nkeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,138 | 1:18,250 | 2,498 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nkeh (1,822) may also be a first name.
Nkeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkeh is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkeh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 312,825th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,062,850 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkeh reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 178,804th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,822 people.
The last name Nkeh is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,138 people, or 1 in 18,250. In Cameroon Nkeh is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 14 percent reside and Centre Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkeuh | 89 | 174 | / |
| Nkieh | 89 | 135 | / |
| Nkeeh | 89 | 68 | / |
| Nkeih | 89 | 17 | / |
| Ngkeh | 89 | 1 | / |
| N'Keh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nke | 86 | 11,242 | / |
| Nketsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkeheh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkeejh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkie | 75 | 2,779 | / |
| Nkey | 75 | 835 | / |
| Nkhi | 75 | 823 | / |
| Nkea | 75 | 479 | / |
| Nkee | 75 | 384 | / |
| Nkge | 75 | 287 | / |
| N'Ke | 75 | 267 | / |
| Nkeu | 75 | 126 | / |
| Nkha | 75 | 29 | / |
| Nkei | 75 | 27 | / |
| Nkhe | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ngke | 75 | 7 | / |
| Hnke | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nkih | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nhke | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ncke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nnke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nıke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nceh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkhj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkhy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkce | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkyh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkhai | 67 | 72 | / |
| Nkhea | 67 | 48 | / |
| Nckee | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ngkee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nqehe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nkich | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkith | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkhoa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkeis | 67 | 3 | / |
| N'Kei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkkes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkihe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nquke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngkeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqeha | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Kie | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Ker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkepp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkher | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Key | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeee | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Cke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkess | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nke'e | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkeid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkiea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkiey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkioh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nk'er | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngkei | 67 | 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 Nkeh
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