Ngalau Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Ngalau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 160 | 1:50,961 | 6,394 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Ngalau (105) may also be a first name.
Ngalau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngalau is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalau? popularity and diffusion
Ngalau is the 1,328,442nd most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Ngalau are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Ngalau is also the 920,134th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 105 people.
The surname Ngalau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 50,961. In Papua New Guinea Ngalau is most common in: Morobe, where 93 percent live, East New Britain, where 6 percent live and West New Britain, where 1 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, 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 Ngalau
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