Ngene Surname
Approximately 20,096 people bear this surname
Ngene Surname User-submission:
This is an Igbo surname. It has different variants because the Igbos are numerous and their intonations range from community to community, but the meaning is the same.
Nwangene means the same as nwa-ngene (child of the water).
Read More About This SurnameNgene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17,927 | 1:9,881 | 1,075 |
| Kenya | 702 | 1:65,783 | 6,317 |
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| South Africa | 285 | 1:190,097 | 20,645 |
| Cameroon | 261 | 1:79,575 | 9,757 |
| Indonesia | 201 | 1:657,956 | 51,506 |
| Papua New Guinea | 134 | 1:60,849 | 7,857 |
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngene (899) may also be a first name.
Ngene Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is an Igbo surname. It has different variants because the Igbos are numerous and their intonations range from community to community, but the meaning is the same.
Nwangene means the same as nwa-ngene (child of the water). Nwa means 'child' and ngene means 'water/stream/river/sea).
In Igbo, some gods are also called ngene or chi-ngene (god of the water).
Igbo names can be given for different reasons, which in this case are as follows:
1. A woman who gave birth to her son within a river can decide to give him the name (ngene, nwangene, etc.).
2. A family that asked the water gods (chi-ngene) to enable them to have children can name their child in honor of the gods.
3. If a man's surname is Nwangene, he can decide to honor his father's name by giving the same name to his children or grandchildren.
4. A family that worships the water gods can name their children in honor of the gods.
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Average Ngene Salary in
United States
$42,371 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ngene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngene (Russian: Нгене) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 26,740th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 362,637 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngene live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 270,832nd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 899 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17,927 people, or 1 in 9,881. In Nigeria Ngene is mostly found in: Enugu, where 65 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 6 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Ngene Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ngene surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Ngene are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.73% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ngene earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 22.55% less than the national average, earning 268,056 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 31.81% less than the national average, earning R 162,048 per year and in United States they earn 1.8% less than the national average, earning $42,371 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngene in the Russian language | ||
| Нгене | ngene | - |
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