Ngalamo Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Ngalamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 252 | 1:82,417 | 10,065 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Ngalamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngalamo is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ngalamo.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalamo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngalamo is the 990,978th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngalamo are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 252 people, or 1 in 82,417. In Cameroon Ngalamo is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 63 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and West Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Morocco, where 0 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 Ngalamo
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