Nkot Surname

232,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,735 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkot Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,7131:12,1241,635
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkot (117) may also be a first name.

Nkot Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkot is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkot? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 232,645th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,200,315 people. The surname Nkot occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkot are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 117 people.

Nkot is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,713 people, or 1 in 12,124. In Cameroon Nkot is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 69 percent live, Littoral Region, where 22 percent live and South Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Nkot is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkote89753/
Nkoth89195/
Nkott8944/
Nkout8918/
Nkuot894/
Nkost892/
Ngkot892/
Nkhot892/
Nkoot891/
Nkothe80304/
Nkotte8084/
Nkoute8064/
Nkoote807/
Nkhote805/
Ngkote805/
Nkotts802/
Nnkuot801/
Nkut75449/
Nkat75196/
Nkod756/
Nkqothe736/
Nkhothe732/
Nkoutte731/
Nkoutch731/
Nkate672,267/
Nkoud67425/
Nkute67390/
Nkhat67162/
Nkutt6789/
Nquot6758/
Nkath6711/
Nqote679/
Ngkat677/
Ngkut675/
Nqout674/
Nkaat674/
Nkuit673/
Nkhod672/
Nkuth671/

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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 Nkot
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