Nkwankam Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkwankam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwankam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon951:218,62222,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Nkwankam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nkwankam is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwankam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. Nkwankam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkwankam are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 38 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 22 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 19 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in France, 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
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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 Nkwankam
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