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
The surname Ngoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻮﻡ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngoum is the 624,505th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. The surname Ngoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ngoum live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 49,333. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 27 percent reside, West Region, where 25 percent reside and Centre Region, where 22 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Ngoum is found in 8 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Ngoum
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