Nken Surname
Approximately 2,156 people bear this surname
Nken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,128 | 1:9,760 | 1,287 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Nken (176) may also be a first name.
Nken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nken (Russian: Нкен) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 194,820th most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 3,380,123 people. The last name Nken occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nken live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nken is also the 687,834th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 176 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,128 people, or 1 in 9,760. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 51 percent live, Littoral Region, where 32 percent live and West Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkien | 89 | 7 | / |
| Nkend | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nkenn | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nkeen | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nkoen | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nkeun | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nkken | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkuen | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkenk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkn | 86 | 10 | / |
| Nkenne | 80 | 295 | / |
| Nønken | 80 | 2 | / |
| N'Kien | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nckeng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkin | 75 | 58 | / |
| Nkkn | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nkng | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ncen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nknk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhkn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkcn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nknh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkqn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkengue | 73 | 6,080 | / |
| Nkina | 67 | 524 | / |
| Nkuin | 67 | 92 | / |
| Nchen | 67 | 69 | / |
| Ngkin | 67 | 25 | / |
| Nkind | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkyna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkenkgue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nknqq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngcen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkion | 67 | 1 | / |
Nken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nken in the Russian language | ||
| Нкен | nken | - |
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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 Nken
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