Nkeles Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Nkeles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nkeles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkeles Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkeles occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkeles? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkeles live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: East Region, where 67 percent live and West Region, where 33 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 43 percent live and Kenya, where 14 percent live.
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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 Nkeles
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