Ngenye Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Ngenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Kenya | 66 | 1:699,695 | 30,103 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngenye (52) may also be a first name.
Ngenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngenye is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngenye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngenye is the 1,136,896th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Ngenye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngenye reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ngenye is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 52 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Ngenye is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 77 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 21 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Kenya, where 31 percent are found.
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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 Ngenye
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