Ngalane Surname
Approximately 1,382 people bear this surname
Ngalane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1,299 | 1:11,224 | 397 |
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 1:257,304 | 27,433 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ngalane (18) may also be a first name.
Ngalane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngalane is held by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 279,656th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,273,188 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngalane reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Ngalane is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 18 people.
The surname Ngalane is most frequently used in Senegal, where it is held by 1,299 people, or 1 in 11,224. In Senegal Ngalane is most common in: Kaffrine Region, where 45 percent live, Kaolack Region, where 18 percent live and Fatick Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Senegal Ngalane occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, 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
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- 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 Ngalane
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