Ngbe Surname
Approximately 1,135 people bear this surname
Ngbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 991 | 1:178,752 | 11,001 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngbe (94) may also be a first name.
Ngbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngbe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 327,203rd most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,420,745 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngbe reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ngbe is also the 980,251st most common first name at a global level, held by 94 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 991 people, or 1 in 178,752. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 73 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Ngbe is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngbea | 89 | 1,100 | / |
| N'Gbe | 89 | 1,044 | / |
| Ngbeu | 89 | 48 | / |
| Ngbei | 89 | 37 | / |
| Ngbee | 89 | 12 | / |
| Ngber | 89 | 6 | / |
| Ngbeh | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ngbed | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ngbet | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ngbey | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gbe | 86 | 6,412 | / |
| Nengbe | 80 | 41 | / |
| Ngbeah | 80 | 28 | / |
| N'Gbei | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ngbeha | 80 | 6 | / |
| N'Gbea | 80 | 2 | / |
| N'Gbeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ningbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhgbee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwe | 75 | 14,448 | / |
| Ngue | 75 | 5,984 | / |
| Gbei | 75 | 2,065 | / |
| Gber | 75 | 1,386 | / |
| Gbeh | 75 | 1,287 | / |
| Gbea | 75 | 1,169 | / |
| Ngba | 75 | 740 | / |
| Gbee | 75 | 495 | / |
| Gbeu | 75 | 464 | / |
| Gbey | 75 | 453 | / |
| Gbie | 75 | 157 | / |
| Ngbi | 75 | 74 | / |
| Gbeï | 75 | 16 | / |
| Gæbe | 75 | 11 | / |
| Gbeî | 75 | 6 | / |
| Gbed | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gbje | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ggbe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gbep | 75 | 2 | / |
| G'Be | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngve | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ghbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hgbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Qgbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngby | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ningbea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngehebe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwej | 67 | 7,705 | / |
| Nguey | 67 | 2,346 | / |
| Ngoue | 67 | 1,157 | / |
| Nguea | 67 | 1,144 | / |
| Ngwey | 67 | 1,123 | / |
| Ngwee | 67 | 864 | / |
| Nguej | 67 | 438 | / |
| Ngwei | 67 | 326 | / |
| Ngboa | 67 | 284 | / |
| Ngueh | 67 | 151 | / |
| N'Gba | 67 | 139 | / |
| Nkgwe | 67 | 102 | / |
| Nguee | 67 | 87 | / |
| Ngweh | 67 | 76 | / |
| Ngbaa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Geebe | 67 | 47 | / |
| Ngwie | 67 | 42 | / |
| Nggue | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ngbai | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ngwea | 67 | 33 | / |
| Gbieh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ngbii | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ngwez | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ngbui | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gbeuh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gbeer | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gbeeh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ngweu | 67 | 6 | / |
| N'Gue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ngbio | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gbeih | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gbess | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nngwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngkue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbihe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngboi | 67 | 2 | / |
| G'Bei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nguei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nghwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkgba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbehr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbehd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qugbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cgber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngboj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nngba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ggbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'gbé | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Gby | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Gwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngveh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbedd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ggbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hgbee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ngbe
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