Nweken Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nweken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nweken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Nweken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nweken is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nweken? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nweken live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

Nweken is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Nweken is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 93 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 7 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwekeng928/
Nwekenn921/
Nwoken834/
Nwekem833/
Nwaken831/
Nveken831/
Nuesken7730/
Nuecken776/
Nwechen774/
Nwakaen774/
Nuekeng772/
Nwekina771/
Nhuekeng711/
Mbekken621/
Mveiken621/
Nuikeng621/
Nuikyn5046/
Nuikin508/
Nvickn501/
Mbiken501/
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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 Nweken
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