Ngalana Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Ngalana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Ngalana (85) may also be a first name.
Ngalana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngalana is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,075,631st most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Ngalana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Ngalana live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Chadic Africa. Ngalana is also the 1,039,322nd most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 85 people.
Ngalana is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon Ngalana is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 75 percent live and North Region, where 25 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Ngalana occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and South Africa, where 2 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 Ngalana
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