Ngamaya Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Ngamaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| Congo | 64 | 1:77,955 | 6,777 |
Ngamaya (140) may also be a first name.
Ngamaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngamaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngamaya occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngamaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,581,912th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname Ngamaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngamaya live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. Ngamaya is also the 781,395th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 140 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 319,524. In Cameroon Ngamaya is most common in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Ngamaya occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 50 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 Ngamaya
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