Nkon Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3841:461,30923,423
Cameroon2251:92,30711,041
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkon (131) may also be a first name.

Nkon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkon (Russian: Нкон) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 503,100th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name Nkon is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkon reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 811,108th most widespread given name globally. It is borne by 131 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 384 people, or 1 in 461,309. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 46 percent reside, Plateau, where 23 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkone894,755/
N'Kon89226/
Nkont8918/
Nkoin8912/
Nkoun895/
Nkonn893/
Nkgon893/
Nkoen892/
Nkcon891/
Nkonk891/
Nkhone8057/
Nkound8014/
Nkoune8012/
Nkoine8011/
Nkoone805/
Nkouhn802/
Ngkone802/
N'Koun802/
Nkogne802/
Nkomne801/
Nkonne801/
Nkuong801/
Nkoong801/
Nkotin801/
Nkoing801/
Nkkong801/
Nckone800/
Nkan751,345/
Nkun7523/
Nkongue73230/
Nkonova733/
Nkousin731/
Nkhosin731/
N'Koune731/
Nkane673,118/
Nkune671,271/
Nkuin6792/
Nkhan6754/
Nkaun6732/
Ngkan678/
N'Kan678/
Nkoom675/
Nkaan675/
Nkgan674/
Nkamn673/
Nkhom673/
Nkeun672/
Nkoungue672/
Nkouseng672/
Nkomg672/
N'Kongue672/
Ncone671/
Nkanh671/
Nkoingue671/
Nconn671/
Nccon671/
Nquon671/
Nkomd671/
Nnkan671/

Nkon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nkon in the Russian language
Нконnkon-

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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 Nkon
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