Nkwam Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Nkwam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 492 | 1:360,046 | 19,339 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkwam (208) may also be a first name.
Nkwam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkwam is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nkwam.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkwam is the 603,653rd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. Nkwam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nkwam reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nkwam is also the 627,410th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 208 people.
The surname Nkwam is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 492 people, or 1 in 360,046. In Nigeria Nkwam is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 90 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Nkwam is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nkwam
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