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) is most common in Gabon. It may be rendered as a variant: Nkéné. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 132,982nd most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,148,451 people. It occurs predominantly 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 numerous forename in the world, held by 186 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Gabon, where it is borne by 2,071 people, or 1 in 912. Excluding Gabon this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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