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 last name Nwankem occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwankem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 commonly used first name on earth, held by 9 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Nwankem is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common 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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