Nlek Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nlek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nlek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

Nlek Last Name Facts

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

Nlek is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nlek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nlek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Nlek occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Nlek reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Nlek is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,967,010. In Cameroon Nlek is most common in: Centre Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nleck8928/
Nleke893/
Nlekx891/
Nhlek891/
Nleuk891/
Nlk863/
Noilek80331/
Nuilek80266/
Nuylek809/
Nillek802/
Naylek801/
Nyllek801/
Nleuck801/
Nhleke801/
Netlek801/
Nelk75229/
Nylk7554/
Nilk7553/
Nälk759/
Nlkz752/
Nlqe751/
Nlkq751/
Nljk751/
Nülk751/
Nölleke7373/
Nelleke7322/
Hnoylek7319/
Naileke7315/
Nlekowa731/
Nhlecks731/
Nilleck730/
Nelke671,902/
Nölke671,489/
Nylec67557/
Nelck6792/
Nölck6763/
Nailk6732/
Nöllecke6729/
Noelk6728/
Nuelk6716/
Nilke6714/
Nølke675/
Gnilk672/
Nhlex671/
Nlgkt671/
Nilkh671/
Nlike671/
Nilkë671/
Nluik671/
Nyolk671/
Nlykc671/
Gnelk670/
Neilk670/
Nealk670/

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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 Nlek
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