Nleme Surname

411,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 847 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nleme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nleme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon8061:25,7683,513
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Gabon41:472,2983,618
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Nleme (14) may also be a first name.

Nleme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nleme has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nleme? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 411,827th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,603,950 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nleme reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 85 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nleme is also the 3,024,661st most common first name worldwide, held by 14 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 806 people, or 1 in 25,768. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: South Region, where 58 percent reside, Centre Region, where 30 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Nleme occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Gabon, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nlemer912/
N'Leme911/
Nlemee911/
Nlem891,945/
Nlome8089/
Nlema8048/
Nlame8014/
Nleum807/
Nilme806/
Nelme803/
Nlemi802/
Nliem801/
Nlm756/
Nhlema733,965/
Nelmes732,494/
Nellem7376/
Neelem738/
Nailem734/
Nlmeha733/
Neilem732/
Netlem731/
Nhlome731/
Nlomee731/
Ngelme731/
Nhlame731/
Nilmer730/
Nelmer730/
Nilmes730/
Nllmer730/
Nilm67500/
Nellmer6729/
Nelm6713/
Nlemaya675/
Nlim673/
Hnlm671/
Nnlm671/
Nlym671/
Nlmh671/
Nylm671/
Nélmeth671/
Nillema671/

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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 Nleme
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