Nguamo Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Nguamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nguamo (2,190) may also be a first name.
Nguamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nguamo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nguamo.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguamo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nguamo is the 2,007,164th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nguamo are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 160,085th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,190 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Nguamo is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 94 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nguamou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngouhamo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nguama | 83 | 1,100 | / |
| Ngwamo | 83 | 155 | / |
| Ngbamo | 83 | 110 | / |
| Ngwamou | 77 | 37 | / |
| Ngueimo | 77 | 24 | / |
| Nguamah | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ngcwamo | 77 | 14 | / |
| Ngkuama | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngwamoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngweumo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngguama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguaima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbaimo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbamou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguamga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguamaha | 71 | 41 | / |
| N'Gbamou | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nkwuamuo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwama | 67 | 2,629 | / |
| Ngbama | 67 | 918 | / |
| Nkwamo | 67 | 175 | / |
| Nkuama | 67 | 146 | / |
| Ngwomo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ngbomo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngvomo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguoma | 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
- 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 Nguamo
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