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 surname Ngaela is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ngaela.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Ngaela is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngaela are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon Ngaela is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 55 percent reside, Centre Region, where 40 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
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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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