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
Ngalim is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalim? popularity and diffusion
It is the 182,166th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,122,342 people. The last name Ngalim occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Ngalim reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ngalim is also the 196,434th most common given name globally. It is borne by 1,556 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,472 people, or 1 in 14,109. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent live, Centre Region, where 10 percent live and Southwest Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 34 percent live and Malaysia, 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
- 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 Ngalim
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