Ngafe Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Ngafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 100 | 1:207,691 | 21,269 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Ngafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngafe is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ngafe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngafe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngafe are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 207,691. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 41 percent live, West Region, where 25 percent live and Southwest Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 12 percent live and Malawi, where 1 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 Ngafe
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