Nkemen Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkemen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkemen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon311:669,97049,334
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkemen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkemen is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkemen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nkemen reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Nkemen is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 52 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 35 percent reside and West Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Nkemen exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkeumen9214/
Nkamen8378/
Nkomen8320/
Nkimen832/
Nkemengne801/
Nkemina7741/
Nkuimen772/
Nkahmen771/
Nkemyna771/
Nkammen771/
Nkeamin771/
Nkimeng771/
Nkamn733/
Nkaimng621/

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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 Nkemen
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