Nkob Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nkob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkob 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
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Nkob (45) may also be a first name.

Nkob Last Name Facts

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

Nkob is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nkob click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkob? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Nkob reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 45 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 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
Nkop75761/
Nkov756/
Nkab752/
Nkub751/
Nkope67308/
Nkoup673/
Ngcob672/
Nkopf671/
Nkhab671/
Nkoop671/

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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 Nkob
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