Ngouafo Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Ngouafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Ngouafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngouafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngouafo is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ngouafo.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngouafo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Ngouafo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngouafo live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 49 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 37 percent are found and West Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Ngouafo occurs in one country. It also occurs in Gabon, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngnouafo | 93 | 18 | / |
| Ngouaffo | 93 | 17 | / |
| Ngouafou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nouafo | 92 | 137 | / |
| Gouafo | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ngouofo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nouaffo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gnouafo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gouaffo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngohafo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Noafo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngouoffo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngouafeu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nouofo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nohafo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngaofoi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Noafa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Naofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghouafeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noaffa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ngaopha | 57 | 33 | / |
| Ngaopho | 57 | 1 | / |
| Naoufah | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nohoufa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Negiafa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngaophot | 53 | 70 | / |
| Nnajiofo | 53 | 23 | / |
| Naofa | 50 | 2 | / |
| Gaofa | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- 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 Ngouafo
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