Ngamai Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Ngamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ngamaï (1) are calculated separately.
Ngamai (10) may also be a first name.
Ngamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngamai occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Ngamaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngamai? popularity and diffusion
Ngamai is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ngamai reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name in the world, held by 10 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Ngamai is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Ngamai is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 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 Ngamai
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