Ngunan Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Ngunan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 375 | 1:472,381 | 23,815 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
Ngunan (13,241) may also be a first name.
Ngunan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngunan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngunan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 737,137th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunan are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ngunan is also the 50,638th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 13,241 people.
The last name Ngunan is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 472,381. In Nigeria Ngunan is most common in: Benue, where 85 percent live, Nasarawa, where 5 percent live and Taraba, where 4 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 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 Ngunan
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