Nkemakolam Surname

79,946th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,097 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkemakolam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkemakolam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6,0321:29,3672,471
United States301:12,081,964463,456
England141:3,979,861125,553
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Nkemakolam (2,348) may also be a first name.

Nkemakolam Last Name Facts

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

Nkemakolam is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkemakolam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 79,946th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,195,267 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkemakolam live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkemakolam is also the 153,451st most numerous given name on earth, held by 2,348 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,032 people, or 1 in 29,367. In Nigeria Nkemakolam is primarily concentrated in: Imo, where 49 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Anambra, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Nkemakolam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Nkemakolam surname is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

The amount Nkemakolam earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 38.47% more than the national average, earning R 329,052 per year and in United States they earn 40.46% more than the national average, earning $60,606 USD per year.

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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 Nkemakolam
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