Ngassou Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Ngassou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
Ngassou (40) may also be a first name.
Ngassou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngassou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngassou is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngassou? popularity and diffusion
Ngassou is the 1,537,949th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngassou reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Ngassou is also the 1,614,485th most common first name in the world, held by 40 people.
The surname Ngassou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 156,158. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 59 percent are found, North Region, where 14 percent are found and South Region, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ngassou
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