Nken Surname

194,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2,1281:9,7601,287
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
France111:6,038,429280,838
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

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 last name Nken (Russian: Нкен) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 194,820th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,380,123 people. Nken is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nken are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 687,834th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 176 people.

This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,128 people, or 1 in 9,760. In Cameroon Nken is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 51 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 9 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkien897/
Nkend892/
Nkenn892/
Nkeen892/
Nkoen892/
Nkeun892/
Nkken891/
Nkuen891/
Nkenk891/
Nkn8610/
Nkenne80295/
Nønken802/
N'Kien801/
Nckeng801/
Nkin7558/
Nkkn754/
Nkng753/
Ncen752/
Nknk751/
Nhkn751/
Nkcn751/
Nknh751/
Nkqn751/
Nkengue736,080/
Nkina67524/
Nkuin6792/
Nchen6769/
Ngkin6725/
Nkind674/
Nkyna672/
Nkenkgue671/
Nknqq671/
Ngcen671/
Nkion671/

Nken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nken in the Russian language
Нкенnken-

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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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