Nkenen Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkenen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkenen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon961:216,34421,934
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Nkenen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nkenen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nkenen occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkenen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name Nkenen occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkenen live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon Nkenen is most common in: Northwest Region, where 99 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkeinen9271/
Nkeunen921/
Nkeneen921/
Nkienien861/
Nkinen83165/
Nkenin836/
Nkanen834/
Nkainen77103/
Nkeinin7716/
Nkeenem774/
Nkaanen771/
Nkening771/
Nkinin6722/
Nkanin673/
Nkinina6296/
Nkainin6224/
Nkainem622/
N'Konin621/
Nchinen621/
N'Konnin571/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Nkenen
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis