Nkor Surname

568,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 555 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4901:361,51619,397
Cameroon511:407,23734,925
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkor (51) may also be a first name.

Nkor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkor (Hindi: ण्कोर, Russian: Нкор) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkor? popularity and diffusion

Nkor is the 568,972nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,130,713 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkor live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkor is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 51 people.

The surname Nkor is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 490 people, or 1 in 361,516. In Nigeria Nkor is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 34 percent live, Cross River, where 34 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria Nkor is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Syria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkore89284/
Nkoor894/
Nkorh893/
Nkoer891/
Ngkor891/
Nkoure8015/
Ngkore807/
Nkhore804/
N'Kore801/
Nkar75397/
Nkur755/
Nkorowa733/
Nkare67844/
Nkaur6780/
Ncore6718/
Nkure6713/
Nkhar673/
Nkaar672/
Nkard671/
Ncort671/
Hnkar671/
Ncourt6018/
Nkahar602/
N'Core601/
Nkkarz601/
Ngkahar5517/
Nehekar552/
Nkuhijr551/
Ncar509/
Nqar501/

Nkor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nkor in the Hindi language
ण्कोरnkora-
Nkor in the Russian language
Нкорnkor-

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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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  • 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 Nkor
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