Nkimi Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Nkimi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 172 | 1:120,750 | 13,818 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
Nkimi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkimi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkimi occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkimi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,003,904th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkimi live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Nkimi is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 120,750. In Cameroon Nkimi is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 94 percent are found, Centre Region, where 1 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkimih | 91 | 376 | / |
| Nkuimi | 91 | 207 | / |
| Nkiemi | 91 | 20 | / |
| Nkihmi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngkaimi | 83 | 12 | / |
| Nkima | 80 | 2,935 | / |
| Nkemi | 80 | 480 | / |
| Nkumi | 80 | 287 | / |
| Ncimi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkémi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkime | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkiema | 73 | 120 | / |
| Nkeumi | 73 | 33 | / |
| Nkaima | 73 | 20 | / |
| Nchimi | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nkimeh | 73 | 10 | / |
| Nkieme | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nkitme | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nkuimy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngkima | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkuime | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkemmi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkaime | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkimeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkuumi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkoimy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkumie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuimé | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkuemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Kemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkeima | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Kaimich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nchimih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkiemeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaimeu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkimi
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