Nchua Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nchua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nchua 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
Cameroon1401:148,35016,370
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nchua Last Name Facts

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

Nchua is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Nchua click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,491,356th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name Nchua occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchua reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 148,350. In Cameroon Nchua is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 87 percent live, Northwest Region, where 12 percent live and West Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

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
Nchjuah831/
Nchuo80771/
Ncuha801/
Nchwa801/
Ntchouha771/
N'Shua7321/
Nchweu732/
Nschuo731/
N'Chuo731/
Ntshua731/
Ntchuo731/
Njua67791/
Nzua67459/
Nsua6793/
Ncva671/
Ncwa671/
Ncuo671/
Ntschuo671/
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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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