Ngowah Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Ngowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ngowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngowah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngowah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,604,449th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngowah reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 180,601. In Cameroon Ngowah is most common in: Northwest Region, where 70 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 16 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngowahe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngowa | 91 | 7,411 | / |
| Ngouwa | 83 | 319 | / |
| Nkgowa | 83 | 62 | / |
| Ngoywa | 83 | 41 | / |
| Nggowa | 83 | 33 | / |
| Nghowa | 83 | 24 | / |
| Ngoiwa | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ngowua | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ngowat | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ngowoh | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngawah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngowwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngoewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngojwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nngowa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngowas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngowap | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngowaa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngohwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ng'oswa | 77 | 95 | / |
| Nengowa | 77 | 41 | / |
| Ngouwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngawash | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngouwap | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngobeah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngowo | 73 | 4,784 | / |
| Ngoba | 73 | 3,033 | / |
| Ngewa | 73 | 2,285 | / |
| Ngawa | 73 | 1,704 | / |
| Ngova | 73 | 181 | / |
| Ng'owo | 67 | 922 | / |
| Ngouba | 67 | 710 | / |
| Ngoiva | 67 | 255 | / |
| Ngobha | 67 | 129 | / |
| Ngaswa | 67 | 85 | / |
| Ngawai | 67 | 79 | / |
| Nggawa | 67 | 74 | / |
| Ngoboh | 67 | 55 | / |
| Ngewoh | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ngawua | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ngowei | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ngaway | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ngooba | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ngabha | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ngobai | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ngobaa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nggewa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngosua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngouwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngowou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngobay | 67 | 3 | / |
| N'Goba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngawoh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngewai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngoiba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngouva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngobea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nghoba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngoyba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngobho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngavoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngawap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngauwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngewua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngoyua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ng'oba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngaewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngahbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngawha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngovha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngovai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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- 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 Ngowah
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