Nkow Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkow 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
Cameroon361:576,91944,454
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812

Nkow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkow is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. Nkow occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkow live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 576,919. In Cameroon Nkow is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 92 percent reside, Far North Region, where 3 percent reside and South Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 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
Nkowa89281/
Nkowe8990/
N'Kowe806/
N'Kowa801/
Nkhowa801/
Nkaw7531/
Nkov756/
Ncow755/
N'Kouwe7314/
Nkubowa731/
Nkabowa731/
Nkova67209/
Nkawe6745/
Ncowe674/
Ncowa671/
Nqowe671/
Nqowa671/
Nkaf'owa671/
Nkhuw671/
Nkopf671/
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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 Nkow
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