Nkene Surname
Approximately 3,392 people bear this surname
Nkene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 2,071 | 1:912 | 161 |
| Cameroon | 1,167 | 1:17,797 | 2,429 |
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 16 | 1:70,980 | 225 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Nkéné (1) are calculated separately.
Nkene (186) may also be a first name.
Nkene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkene (Russian: Нкене) occurs more in Gabon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Nkéné. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkene is the 132,982nd most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,148,451 people. The last name Nkene is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkene live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 186 people.
The surname Nkene is most frequent in Gabon, where it is carried by 2,071 people, or 1 in 912. Apart from Gabon this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nkene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nkene in the Russian language | ||
| Нкене | nkene | - |
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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 Nkene
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