Nyamke Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Nyamke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nyamke (37) may also be a first name.
Nyamke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyamke occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Nyamke live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nyamke is also the 1,688,769th most common first name on earth It is held by 37 people.
It is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 470,841. In The Ivory Coast Nyamke is mostly concentrated in: Comoé District, where 49 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 43 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 4 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyamkeu | 92 | 45 | / |
| Nyamkey | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nyamekeh | 86 | 850 | / |
| Nyamekje | 86 | 1 | / |
| Niamke | 83 | 6,319 | / |
| Nyamka | 83 | 721 | / |
| Nyamki | 83 | 1 | / |
| Niamkey | 77 | 2,563 | / |
| Nyamkaa | 77 | 18 | / |
| Niameke | 77 | 10 | / |
| Njamkeu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Nyamkyo | 77 | 6 | / |
| Niamkie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nyamgka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Njamkep | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niamkeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niamkee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyamkii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niamked | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyamkaya | 71 | 9 | / |
| Niamekey | 71 | 7 | / |
| Gnamkhet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nehamkes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyomki | 67 | 34 | / |
| Niamké | 67 | 19 | / |
| Njamka | 67 | 16 | / |
| Njomke | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nyomka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyomkaa | 62 | 4 | / |
| Gnamkit | 62 | 3 | / |
| Nyomkui | 62 | 3 | / |
| Gnamkoy | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nyamcca | 62 | 1 | / |
| Niamque | 62 | 1 | / |
| Njamkha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nehamkis | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nyamquoi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nijamkha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Njomka | 50 | 35 | / |
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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 Nyamke
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