Ngwaka Surname
Approximately 1,017 people bear this surname
Ngwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 486 | 1:364,491 | 19,517 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Cameroon | 196 | 1:105,965 | 12,437 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngwaka (80) may also be a first name.
Ngwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwaka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ngwaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwaka? popularity and diffusion
Ngwaka is the 356,968th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,165,729 people. The last name Ngwaka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwaka live; 52 percent live in Central Africa and 52 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ngwaka is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 80 people.
The surname Ngwaka is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 364,491. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 80 percent are found, Lagos, where 5 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 3 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Ngwaka exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Cameroon, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwakah | 92 | 75 | / |
| Ng'waka | 92 | 5 | / |
| Ngqwaka | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngweaka | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngwakaha | 86 | 109 | / |
| Ngwako | 83 | 2,576 | / |
| Ngwaqa | 83 | 615 | / |
| Nguaka | 83 | 200 | / |
| Ngweka | 83 | 141 | / |
| Nkwaka | 83 | 62 | / |
| Ngwake | 83 | 55 | / |
| Ngwaki | 83 | 46 | / |
| Ngwaca | 83 | 32 | / |
| Ngwoka | 83 | 15 | / |
| Nkwakap | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ngwakeu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ngwueka | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ngbauka | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngqwaki | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngbeaka | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nkwakha | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwekah | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwakou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngcweka | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nguakea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nkwakay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwakii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuako | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbaka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwakuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwakio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguakaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwakui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwacker | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nkgwakou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaikih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwoke | 67 | 4,079 | / |
| Ngboka | 67 | 719 | / |
| Nkwoka | 67 | 179 | / |
| Nkuaka | 67 | 55 | / |
| Ngweko | 67 | 52 | / |
| Nkwako | 67 | 49 | / |
| Nkweka | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nkwake | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nguako | 67 | 15 | / |
| Nqwaki | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nguatkhai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngwacheah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nqwako | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkwaqa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nguoka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwoko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ncweka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqwaca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nehngwoka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguaqa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqwaqa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ngwaka
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis