Penkem Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Penkem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Penkem 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
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Penkem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Penkem is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Penkem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Penkem live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Penkem is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 75 percent are found, South Region, where 13 percent are found and West Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 33 percent are found.

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
Penkim831/
Pinkem830/
Pinkeme771/
Penchem771/
Pengkim771/
Pinkhem770/
Pinkym671/
Pinkim670/
Pinchem6264/
Pinkhim622/
Penchim621/
Pengchim578/
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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 Penkem
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