Nkwente Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkwente Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkwente Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nkwente (29) may also be a first name.

Nkwente Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkwente is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwente? popularity and diffusion

Nkwente is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nkwente are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nkwente is also the 1,951,561st most commonly used forename at a global level It is held by 29 people.

It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Nkwente is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 71 percent live, Southwest Region, where 14 percent live and Northwest Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkwentie9333/
Nkwentet931/
Nkwent9226/
Nkwenti863,416/
Nkwenty8628/
Nkwinte8625/
Nkwenta8624/
Ngwente863/
Ngwenteh803/
Nkwentti801/
Nkwentih801/
Nkwnta773/
Nkkwwenti751/
Nkouentet751/
Nkwinti71570/
Nguente7116/
Ngwenta7113/
Ngwenti7113/
Nkwinta712/
Ngwinte712/
Nkwinty711/
Nkwintyi6722/
Ngouente6714/
Nkwainti671/
Nkuinteu671/
Ngwinteh671/
Ngwend622/
Ngwnta622/
Nguent621/
Nguenti5737/
Nguemte5735/
Nguinte5719/
Ngwinta575/
Nguenté571/
Nguemthe5320/
Ngqumnte5317/
Nguenthi531/
Nguentai531/

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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 Nkwente
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