Ngamou Surname
Approximately 1,018 people bear this surname
Ngamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 917 | 1:22,649 | 3,077 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Ngamou (15) may also be a first name.
Ngamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngamou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngamou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 356,707th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,158,690 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ngamou live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ngamou is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 917 people, or 1 in 22,649. In Cameroon Ngamou is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 48 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and West Region, where 14 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 5 percent live and Germany, where 2 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 Ngamou
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