Nghamba Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Nghamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nghamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nghamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nghamba is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nghamba.
How Common Is The Last Name Nghamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nghamba is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nghamba live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 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 Nghamba
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