Ngameka Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Ngameka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngameka (20) may also be a first name.
Ngameka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngameka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngameka is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngameka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,034,059th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname Ngameka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngameka are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ngameka is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 250,230. In Cameroon Ngameka is most common in: Centre Region, where 58 percent live, South Region, where 41 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live and South Africa, 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 Ngameka
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