Ncheya Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Ncheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ncheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ncheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ncheya has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ncheya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ncheya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Ncheya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ncheya reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Ncheya is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 90 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 5 percent are found and West Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Ncheya
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