Ngobena Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ngobena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngobena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngobena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngobena is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ngobena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngobena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Ngobena occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngobena are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Ngobena is most frequent in: East Region, where 50 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Ngobena
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis