Nwankem Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nwankem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nwankem (9) may also be a first name.
Nwankem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwankem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwankem is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwankem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwankem are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 9 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 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 Nwankem
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