Nkwemi Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Nkwemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkwemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkwemi is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nkwemi.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwemi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,604,449th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Nkwemi is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nkwemi live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 170,238. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 62 percent live, Centre Region, where 21 percent live and West Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwemi | 83 | 249 | / |
| Nkwimi | 83 | 132 | / |
| Nkweme | 83 | 123 | / |
| Nkwami | 83 | 77 | / |
| Nkwema | 83 | 30 | / |
| Nkwomi | 83 | 17 | / |
| Nkwemy | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nkuemi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwemeh | 77 | 22 | / |
| Nkwuimi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkweema | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkwomih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwemui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkweama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwemaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwemehe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaimih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwema | 67 | 970 | / |
| Nguemi | 67 | 222 | / |
| Nkuimi | 67 | 207 | / |
| Ngweme | 67 | 194 | / |
| Ngwami | 67 | 189 | / |
| Nqwema | 67 | 116 | / |
| Nkwame | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ncweme | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nkwome | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nqweme | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nqwami | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkueme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkwemi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis