Ngw Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Singapore

Ngw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ngw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ngw (14) may also be a first name.

Ngw Last Name Facts

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

Ngw occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Ngw live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name world-wide It is held by 14 people.

The last name Ngw is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 77 percent live, Bauchi, where 8 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 27 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwe8614,448/
Hngw863/
Nghw862/
Ngws861/
Ngcw861/
Ncgw861/
Ngwh861/
Nkgwe75102/
Ngeew757/
Nngwe753/
Nghwe752/
Nqgwe751/
Ngwph751/
Nggqw751/
N'Gwe751/
Ngv678/
Nqw677/
Nkw677/
Ngb673/
Ncw672/
Geengw671/
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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 Ngw
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