Penkam Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Penkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Penkam (10) may also be a first name.
Penkam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Penkam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Penkam occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Penkam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Penkam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Penkam live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Penkam is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 10 people.
The last name Penkam is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Penkam is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 88 percent are found, Centre Region, where 6 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pengkam | 92 | 24 | / |
| Paenkam | 92 | 5 | / |
| Penkham | 92 | 5 | / |
| Peunkam | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pengkham | 86 | 155 | / |
| Paenkham | 86 | 121 | / |
| Paengkam | 86 | 15 | / |
| Poengkam | 86 | 2 | / |
| Puengkam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pinkam | 83 | 96 | / |
| Paengkham | 80 | 390 | / |
| Piengkham | 80 | 11 | / |
| Peungkham | 80 | 5 | / |
| Puengkham | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pinkham | 77 | 6,818 | / |
| Pingkam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pinkahm | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pinkamm | 77 | 0 | / |
| Paenkhom | 71 | 99 | / |
| Pingkham | 71 | 66 | / |
| Pinckham | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pengkoom | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pinkkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pingkkam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pingkaam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penkoume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pinkom | 67 | 10 | / |
| Pimkam | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pincam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paengkoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paengkoom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pimkham | 62 | 6 | / |
| Pinkome | 62 | 2 | / |
| Pingkom | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pengcome | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pingkhom | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pincom | 50 | 6 | / |
| Pimcam | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Penkam
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