Ngelah Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Ngelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 327 | 1:63,514 | 8,079 |
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Ngelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngelah is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ngelah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngelah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 631,297th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 15,056,913 people. The last name Ngelah occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Ngelah live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Ngelah is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 63,514. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 73 percent live, Southwest Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Ngelah
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