Ngaela Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Ngaela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Ngaela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngaela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngaela is found most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaela? popularity and diffusion
Ngaela is the 2,436,415th most widely held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngaela reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 55 percent live, Centre Region, where 40 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Ngaela is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Canada, where 2 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 Ngaela
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