Ngwafu Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Ngwafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 369 | 1:56,285 | 7,266 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Ngwafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwafu is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwafu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 754,238th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. Ngwafu is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngwafu reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 56,285. In Cameroon Ngwafu is most common in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent reside, Centre Region, where 9 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Ngwafu exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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
- 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 Ngwafu
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