Nkelle Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Nkelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 212 | 1:97,967 | 11,620 |
| Congo | 124 | 1:40,235 | 3,792 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nkelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkelle is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nkelle click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkelle? popularity and diffusion
It is the 785,023rd most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Nkelle are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nkelle is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 97,967. In Cameroon Nkelle is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 44 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found and Centre Region, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 34 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Nkelle
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