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 found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwam? popularity and diffusion
Nkwam is the 603,653rd most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. It is primarily found 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 numerous given name internationally, held by 208 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 492 people, or 1 in 360,046. In Nigeria Nkwam is mostly found in: Cross River, where 90 percent live, Lagos, where 4 percent live and Ebonyi, where 1 percent live. Besides Nigeria Nkwam exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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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