Nkema Surname
Approximately 1,342 people bear this surname
Nkema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,231 | 1:60,016 | 7,159 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Lesotho | 17 | 1:119,562 | 11,827 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkema (83) may also be a first name.
Nkema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkema is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkema is the 286,292nd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,430,362 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkema reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nkema is also the 1,052,971st most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 83 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,231 people, or 1 in 60,016. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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
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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 Nkema
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