Wirkom Surname
Approximately 2,054 people bear this surname
Wirkom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,053 | 1:10,116 | 1,340 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wirkom (28) may also be a first name.
Wirkom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wirkom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wirkom is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wirkom? popularity and diffusion
Wirkom is the 202,708th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,547,978 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wirkom are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wirkom is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name Wirkom is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,053 people, or 1 in 10,116. In Cameroon Wirkom is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 79 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and Southwest Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Wirkom
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