Ngew Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ngew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2561:81,1299,926
Malaysia2491:118,4517,826
Thailand951:743,562121,778
Singapore391:141,2236,278
South Sudan161:713,442947
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ngew (446) may also be a first name.

Ngew Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngew Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ngew is found most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngew? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 496,702nd most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Ngew reside; 58 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 38 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ngew is also the 405,761st most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 446 people.

The last name Ngew is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 81,129. In Cameroon Ngew is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent live, Southwest Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Ngew occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 38 percent live and Thailand, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngewe891,448/
Ngiew8925/
Ngeew897/
Ngeyw894/
Nghew891/
Ngiewe805/
Ngeejw801/
Nggewe801/
Nsew7549/
Ngev7528/
Ngeb7518/
Njew7514/
Ngef7510/
Ngiw752/
Nzew752/
Ngjw751/
Nzewe67201/
Ngiwe679/
Njewe678/
Ngefe676/
Nchew673/
Ngiwt672/
Ngeeb672/
Nseew671/
Ngieb671/
Nsewe671/

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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 Ngew
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