Ngolam Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Ngolam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Ngolam (13) may also be a first name.
Ngolam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngolam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngolam is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Ngolam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngolam? popularity and diffusion
Ngolam is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Ngolam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Ngolam are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 13 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Ngolam is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent reside, Centre Region, where 25 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 25 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Vietnam, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Ngolam
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