Ngouah Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Ngouah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 243 | 1:85,469 | 10,380 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Ngouah (11) may also be a first name.
Ngouah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngouah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngouah occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngouah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,032,007th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Ngouah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngouah are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 85,469. In Cameroon Ngouah is most common in: Centre Region, where 33 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 27 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Ngouah occurs in one country. It also occurs in Gabon, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ngouah
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