Nlom Surname

390,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nlom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nlom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon8491:24,4633,317
France351:1,897,792163,564
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
England21:27,859,030389,889
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nlom Last Name Facts

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

Nlom is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nlom? popularity and diffusion

Nlom is the 390,407th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,034,781 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nlom reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 849 people, or 1 in 24,463. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: South Region, where 59 percent are found, Centre Region, where 21 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 14 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nlome8989/
Nellom8052/
Nillom802/
Nhlome801/
Nlam75119/
Nlon751/
Nlum751/
Nliam67377/
Nlong67123/
Nloin6728/
Nlame6714/
Nleum677/
Hnlon673/
Nlium673/
Nålum671/
Nlume671/
Nlyon671/

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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 Nlom
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