Ngayam Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Ngayam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngayam (661) may also be a first name.
Ngayam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngayam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngayam occurs in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ngayam.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngayam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 591,720th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ngayam reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 322,851st most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 661 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Chad, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Aside from Chad Ngayam exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 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 Ngayam
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