Ngafi Surname
Approximately 599 people bear this surname
Ngafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 576 | 1:36,057 | 4,859 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ngafi (118) may also be a first name.
Ngafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngafi is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngafi? popularity and diffusion
Ngafi is the 537,454th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,166,187 people. The surname Ngafi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngafi reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 859,937th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 118 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 576 people, or 1 in 36,057. In Cameroon Ngafi is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent are found, Centre Region, where 10 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, 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 Ngafi
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