Nguenan Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Nguenan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nguenan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo881:56,6945,065
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Chad91:1,510,2445,402

Nguenan (371) may also be a first name.

Nguenan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nguenan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nguenan is borne by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nguenan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nguenan is the 1,736,881st most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguenan are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 450,877th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 371 people.

It is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 56,694. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Brazzaville Department, where 94 percent live, Plateaux Department, where 5 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account The Congo this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Chad, where 8 percent live.

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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 Nguenan
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