Ngelem Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Ngelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ngelem (14) may also be a first name.
Ngelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngelem is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngelem? popularity and diffusion
Ngelem is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngelem reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 57 percent live and Abia, where 43 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent live and Kenya, where 10 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 Ngelem
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