Nchua Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Nchua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nchua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nchua occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nchua.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,491,356th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchua live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 148,350. In Cameroon Nchua is most common in: Southwest Region, where 87 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 12 percent are found and West Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 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 Nchua
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