Nkpan Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Nkpan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Nkpan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkpan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkpan is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkpan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,944,094th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Nkpan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkpan are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Nkpan is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Nkpan is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 73 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent are found and Cross River, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Nkpan
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