Nguela Surname
Approximately 1,299 people bear this surname
Nguela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 862 | 1:24,094 | 3,264 |
| DR Congo | 417 | 1:177,169 | 18,031 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Nguela (14) may also be a first name.
Nguela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nguela occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nguela is the 293,918th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,610,120 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nguela live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 14 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 862 people, or 1 in 24,094. In Cameroon Nguela is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found, Centre Region, where 31 percent are found and West Region, where 25 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nguela
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