Ngelu Surname
Approximately 1,341 people bear this surname
Ngelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,156 | 1:63,910 | 7,552 |
| Indonesia | 165 | 1:801,510 | 60,937 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Ngelu (98) may also be a first name.
Ngelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngelu occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngelu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 286,496th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,434,412 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ngelu live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 98 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,156 people, or 1 in 63,910. Beside The DR Congo it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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
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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 Ngelu
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