Ngalim Surname
Approximately 2,334 people bear this surname
Ngalim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,472 | 1:14,109 | 1,932 |
| Indonesia | 797 | 1:165,934 | 16,105 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngalim (1,556) may also be a first name.
Ngalim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngalim occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalim? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 182,166th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,122,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Ngalim are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 196,434th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,556 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,472 people, or 1 in 14,109. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent are found, Centre Region, where 10 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 34 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ngalim
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