Ngoum Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Ngoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 421 | 1:49,333 | 6,449 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Ngoum (20) may also be a first name.
Ngoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻮﻡ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ngoum.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngoum? popularity and diffusion
Ngoum is the 624,505th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,842,252 people. The last name Ngoum is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Ngoum reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 20 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 49,333. In Cameroon Ngoum is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 27 percent reside, West Region, where 25 percent reside and Centre Region, where 22 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Ngoum is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent reside and Cambodia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻜﻮﻡ | ankwm | - |
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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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- 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 Ngoum
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