Nko'o Surname

230,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Gabon

Nko'o Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nko'o 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
Cameroon1,4001:14,8352,015
Gabon3541:5,337981
France21:33,211,361423,184
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nko'o (64) may also be a first name.

Nko'o Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nko'o Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nko'o is found most in Cameroon. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nko'o.

How Common Is The Last Name Nko'o? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nko'o is the 230,125th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,143,005 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nko'o reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 64 people.

The surname Nko'o is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,400 people, or 1 in 14,835. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: South Region, where 70 percent live, Centre Region, where 27 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Gabon, where 20 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

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
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Nko'oh912/
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Nkooo801/
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Nkooha732/
Nkouos732/
Nkouot731/
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Nkojio731/
N'Kouo731/
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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
  • 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 Nko'o
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