Ngeah Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Ngeah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ngeah (147) may also be a first name.
Ngeah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngeah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngeah (Arabic: نجيعه) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngeah? popularity and diffusion
Ngeah is the 2,436,415th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngeah live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 760,591st most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 147 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 352,018. In Cameroon Ngeah is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent are found, Centre Region, where 2 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Italy, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngeah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngeah in the Arabic language | ||
| نجيعه | njyh | - |
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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 Ngeah
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