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
Ngenye is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngenye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngenye reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 52 people.
The last name Ngenye is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Ngenye is most common in: Southwest Region, where 77 percent live, Littoral Region, where 21 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Cameroon Ngenye occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Kenya, where 31 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
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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 Ngenye
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