Ngama Surname
Approximately 11,576 people bear this surname
Ngama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 6,772 | 1:10,910 | 1,354 |
| Cameroon | 2,319 | 1:8,956 | 1,168 |
| Congo | 1,216 | 1:4,103 | 665 |
| Nigeria | 482 | 1:367,516 | 19,654 |
| Indonesia | 255 | 1:518,624 | 42,226 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Niger | 63 | 1:304,635 | 9,114 |
| Kenya | 37 | 1:1,248,105 | 35,192 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Ngama (599) may also be a first name.
Ngama Demographics
Average Ngama Salary in
South Africa
R 88,332
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ngama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngama (Marathi: नगमा) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,872nd most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 629,539 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngama live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ngama is also the 341,591st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 599 people.
Ngama is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 6,772 people, or 1 in 10,910. Not including The DR Congo Ngama occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and The Congo, where 11 percent live.
Ngama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ngama surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ngama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.83% less than the national average, earning R 88,332 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngama in the Marathi language | ||
| नगमा | nagama | - |
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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 Ngama
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