Ngueye Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Ngueye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Ngueye (184) may also be a first name.
Ngueye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngueye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngueye is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngueye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,220,661st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngueye reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 671,014th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 184 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon Ngueye is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 67 percent live, West Region, where 16 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 14 percent live and Guinea, 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
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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 Ngueye
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