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 in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwankem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwankem live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nwankem is also the 3,941,740th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 9 people.
The surname Nwankem is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Nwankem is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Nwankem occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
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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 Nwankem
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