Ngalai Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Ngalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 394 | 1:52,713 | 6,872 |
| Malaysia | 219 | 1:134,677 | 8,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 1:80,730 | 10,659 |
| Tanzania | 25 | 1:2,117,665 | 47,926 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngalai (239) may also be a first name.
Ngalai Demographics
Ngalai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngalai is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 451,630th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Ngalai are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Ngalai is also the 578,640th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 239 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 394 people, or 1 in 52,713. In Cameroon Ngalai is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 82 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Ngalai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ngalai surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ngalai
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