Nkom Surname
Approximately 3,094 people bear this surname
Nkom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,237 | 1:79,188 | 5,619 |
| Cameroon | 776 | 1:26,764 | 3,640 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkom (292) may also be a first name.
Nkom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkom is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 143,729th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,355,380 people. The last name Nkom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkom live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 516,683rd most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 292 people.
The surname Nkom is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,237 people, or 1 in 79,188. In Nigeria Nkom is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 40 percent live, Cross River, where 37 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkoum | 89 | 1,536 | / |
| Nkome | 89 | 1,272 | / |
| Nkoom | 89 | 5 | / |
| N'Kom | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nkhom | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nkomd | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkoume | 80 | 755 | / |
| Nkoome | 80 | 81 | / |
| Hngkom | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nkomme | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nkhoum | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Koum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkum | 75 | 4,500 | / |
| Nkam | 75 | 1,735 | / |
| N'Koume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkume | 67 | 3,154 | / |
| Nkame | 67 | 158 | / |
| Nqome | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nhkum | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkaum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkamm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkuim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ncome | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkeum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkuum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkcam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkaam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqoum | 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 Nkom
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