Ngwa Surname
Approximately 27,338 people bear this surname
Ngwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24,794 | 1:838 | 60 |
| Gabon | 859 | 1:2,199 | 375 |
| DR Congo | 855 | 1:86,409 | 9,889 |
| Nigeria | 370 | 1:478,764 | 24,094 |
| United States | 244 | 1:1,485,487 | 101,350 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Ngwa (676) may also be a first name.
Ngwa Demographics
Average Ngwa Salary in
United States
$42,466 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ngwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwa is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwa? popularity and diffusion
Ngwa is the 20,009th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 266,572 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngwa reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ngwa is also the 318,733rd most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 676 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 24,794 people, or 1 in 838. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 23 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
Ngwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ngwa surname are 9.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.76% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ngwa earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.38% less than the national average, earning R 141,684 per year and in United States they earn 1.58% less than the national average, earning $42,466 USD per year.
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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 Ngwa
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