Across the world, Nkum (Nkum 
) is a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine forename. The forename Nkum is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, where it is a rare masculine name, Ghana, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare epicene name. More prevalently, Nkum is the last name as well as the forename.
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