Nganan Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Nganan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nganan (20) may also be a first name.
Nganan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nganan is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Nganan are found; 38 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nganan is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 20 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Nganan is primarily found in: North Region, where 50 percent reside and West Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 25 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 Nganan
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