Ngegha Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Ngegha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 224 | 1:92,719 | 11,093 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Ngegha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngegha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngegha is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngegha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,076,574th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngegha are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 92,719. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent reside, Centre Region, where 21 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 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 Ngegha
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