Ngalum Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ngalum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Ngalum (11) may also be a first name.
Ngalum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngalum is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalum? popularity and diffusion
Ngalum is the 3,274,477th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. Ngalum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngalum live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held forename globally, held by 11 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 38 percent reside, Kwara, where 29 percent reside and Lagos, where 26 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Ngalum occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Ngalum
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