Nket Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon641:324,51729,689
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nket (57) may also be a first name.

Nket Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nket (Russian: Нкет) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nket.

How Common Is The Last Name Nket? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,955,159th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Nket occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nket reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nket is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 57 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon Nket is most common in: Southwest Region, where 97 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found and West Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkete891,151/
Nkiet8915/
Nketh892/
Nkethe8061/
Nkette8012/
Nkhete802/
Nketsh801/
Nkit7550/
Nqete6713/
Nkuit673/
Nkith673/
Nkied671/
Ngkyt671/
Nkeid671/
Nkite671/
Ncejt671/
Nkaite604/
Nkuite603/
Nkhite601/
Nqethe601/
Ngqete601/
Hnceth600/
Nqhethe551/
Ncit502/
Nced502/
Nkid502/
Nqyt501/
Ncjt501/

Nket Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nket in the Russian language
Нкетnket-

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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 Nket
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