Ngowa Surname
Approximately 7,411 people bear this surname
Ngowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,952 | 1:7,759 | 1,030 |
| DR Congo | 828 | 1:89,227 | 10,161 |
| Tanzania | 266 | 1:199,029 | 17,000 |
| Cameroon | 150 | 1:138,460 | 15,452 |
| India | 132 | 1:5,811,101 | 137,947 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Ngowa (1,378) may also be a first name.
Ngowa Demographics
Ngowa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngowa is most common in Kenya. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 67,174th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 983,342 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngowa reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 210,961st most widely held first name in the world, held by 1,378 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 5,952 people, or 1 in 7,759. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kilifi County, where 59 percent live, Kwale County, where 25 percent live and Mombasa County, where 12 percent live. Beside Kenya Ngowa is found in 18 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
Ngowa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (89%) in Kenya.
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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 Ngowa
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