Nkwang Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Nkwang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkwang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkwang is found most in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,007,164th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkwang live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 269,728. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 36 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 22 percent reside and Centre Region, where 21 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkgwang | 92 | 378 | / |
| Nkwanng | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaing | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkwangue | 86 | 28 | / |
| Ngwang | 83 | 4,268 | / |
| Nkwong | 83 | 54 | / |
| Ncwang | 83 | 39 | / |
| Nkwouhang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngkuang | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nkwanke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngwaang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkweing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguang | 67 | 179 | / |
| Ngbang | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ncuang | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ncwong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguehewang | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ngguang | 62 | 3 | / |
| Ngueang | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ninguang | 57 | 4 | / |
| Ninghuang | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Nkwang
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