Nkensa Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkensa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkensa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1161:179,04418,906
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nkensa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkensa is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkensa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,683,218th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkensa live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Nkensa is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 179,044. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 77 percent are found, Centre Region, where 14 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 9 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkensah924/
Nkenssa921/
Nkenja83316/
Nkenza83157/
Nkensi8334/
Nkense838/
Nkinsa833/
Nkenso832/
Nkendja7730/
Nkencha7717/
Nkenjah775/
Nkenssi772/
Ngcensa771/
Nkiensi771/
Nkenseu771/
Nkemsha771/
Nkemsah771/
Nkenseh771/
Nkenchai711/
Nkemsaha711/
Nkemncha711/
Nkenge6712,730/
Nkengi676,244/
Nkenzo67958/
Nkinsi67608/
Nkenzi67297/
Nkinza67227/
Nkenze6780/
Nkenji6768/
Nkence6735/
Nkenje6721/
Nqenza671/
Ncensi671/

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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 Nkensa
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