Nkems Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Nkems Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkems Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkems Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkems is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkems? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Nkems are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 56 percent are found, Osun, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent are found and The United States, 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
- 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 Nkems
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