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
The surname Ngowa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 67,174th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 983,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngowa are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 210,961st most widely held given name in the world, borne by 1,378 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 5,952 people, or 1 in 7,759. In Kenya Ngowa is primarily found in: Kilifi County, where 59 percent are found, Kwale County, where 25 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 12 percent are found. Besides Kenya Ngowa is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 percent are found.
Ngowa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ngowa surname is predominantly 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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