Ngueya Surname
Approximately 800 people bear this surname
Ngueya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 772 | 1:26,903 | 3,664 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ngueya (112) may also be a first name.
Ngueya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngueya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngueya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻧﻜﻴﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngueya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 430,675th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,109,432 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngueya are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ngueya is also the 885,979th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 112 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 772 people, or 1 in 26,903. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent are found, Centre Region, where 30 percent are found and West Region, where 18 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngueya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngueya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻧﻜﻴﻪ | ankyh | - |
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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 Ngueya
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