Nounke Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Nounke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nounke (1,618) may also be a first name.
Nounke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nounke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nounke occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nounke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nounke is the 2,255,512th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name Nounke is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nounke live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nounke is also the 192,010th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 1,618 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 319,524. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 49 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 48 percent are found and West Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Chad, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nounke
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