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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngueye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,220,661st most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngueye are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 70 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ngueye is also the 671,014th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 184 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 67 percent reside, West Region, where 16 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Ngueye is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 14 percent reside and Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
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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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